We know that snakes have the tendency to quickly climb sandy slopes. This is simply done by increasing the amount of area of their body in contact with the surface in which they are climbing.
This principle used by snakes to climb sand dunes were tested using a modular snake robot developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
The robot is two inches in diameter and 37 inches long; its body consists of 16 joints, each joint arranged perpendicular to the previous one.
The robots appear well suited for urban search-and-rescue operations in which robots need to make their way through the rubble of collapsed structures, as well as archaeological explorations.This principle used by snakes to climb sand dunes were tested using a modular snake robot developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
Modular Snake Robot
Courtesy: biorobotics.ri.cmu.edu
The robot is two inches in diameter and 37 inches long; its body consists of 16 joints, each joint arranged perpendicular to the previous one.
Carnegie Mellon University's biorobotics lab put its modular snake robots practically to the test in an abandoned nuclear power plant where it provided clear well-lit images from the inside of pipes.
To know more checkout out: http://biorobotics.ri.cmu.edu/projects/modsnake/index.html
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