07.03.2008 17:36 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Snakebots traverse terrain, plan silent, midnight attack

Filed under: Robots Apparently the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University has been quite busy as of late building an army of robotic snakes. Though we've seen droid snakes before, bot-makers at the school have been investigating the myriad possibilities of single-task snakes, coming up with configurations for swimming, crawling, and climbing, amongst others. The program is concerned with enabling the bots to take on a diverse variety of terrain and tasks, made easier by the fact that the little guys aren't limited to wheel-based movement. To really get an idea of the possibilities (and extreme creepiness), check the video

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