snakebot

Miller looked at me as though I'd said it was a snakebot designed to maneuver through space.

Break No Bones Reichs, Kathy 2006

This skin would help to propel the snakebot by expanding and contracting as it is alternately charged with electric current.

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Choset's current snakebot prototype is constructed from many separate pieces connected with hinges.

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The resulting motion, which would resemble that of a real snake, would help the snakebot move safely in cluttered spaces.

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For example, the snakebot could be adapt to find earthquake victims:

"MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader 2010

There’s the Japanese M-Tran, a shape shifting robot, but that hardly counts as a snakebot.

Noby Noby Boy 2008

"The flexibility and maneuverability of the snakebot allow it to move through a wide range of terrain types, and could be useful for a range of tasks from building maintenance to field research.

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