If a robot is looking for victims at a disaster site, or even exploring another planet, then it certainly better not get stuck in the sand. That may now be a little less likely to happen, as scientists recently studied one of the best sand-travelers in the animal kingdom – the sidewinder rattlesnake. After they analyzed its movement patterns and applied them to an existing snake-inspired robot, that robot was better able climb up sandy inclines. .. Continue Reading Snake robot learns to climb sand hills better, by moving like a sidewinder
Section: Robotics
Tags: Biomimicry, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Institute of Technology, locomotion, Oregon State University, Sand
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