Snake Robots
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Description: Features several robotic snakes. Includes photos and video clips.
This website contains images and video of a series of snake robots built by Dr. Gavin Miller as part of a self-funded project to investigate snake locomotion applied to robotics applications. The question naturally arises, why snake robots? Biological snakes occupy a wide variety of ecological niches, ranging from arid desert to tropical jungle as well as swimming in rivers and oceans. Abandoning limbs and developing elongated spines has proved an effective survival strategy, allowing snakes to hunt underground in confined tunnels, above ground in grassy fields and up in the tree-tops, even falling in a controlled glide from one tree to the next. By attempting to build robots that emulate and perhaps match the capabilities of their biological counterparts, it is possible that we will create useful tools capable of carrying sensors, taking samples, and making physical changes in a wide variety of environments. The robot designs evolved from one generation to the next, incorporating lessons learned from previous prototypes.
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