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The Carnegie Mellon snake robot has finally mastered the art of slithering up a sandy slope. One snake's ability to shimmy up slippery sand dunes could inspire new technologies for robots that could ...

A snake-like robot developed by Japanese electronics giant Hitachi and its nuclear affiliate Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, has passed all tests and is ready for its April-timed probing of unit 1 of the ...

A robot from Carnegie Mellon takes the snake-bot concept and uses the twisty robo-critters as legs for a strange new machine. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

While you are out enjoying your Labor Day festivities, keep an eye out for robot snakes in the trees. The CMU robotics lab has built a snake bot named Uncle Sam that can climb trees and poles. As you ...

Basilisk? Nope, just your run-of-the-mill giant serpentine robot build. This build aims to recreate Titanoboa, a prehistoric snake which measured more than fifty feet long and weighted over a ton.

The tagline to 1978’s Jaws 2 is, “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water!” It’s a strapline that could equally be adopted by the makers of Eelume, a snake-like robot designed to ...

One snake's ability to shimmy up slippery sand dunes could inspire new technologies for robots that could perform search and rescue missions, carry out inspections of hazardous wastes and even explore ...