A Robot That Moves Like A Snake - Neatorama

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The OmniTread robot was built by engineering students at the University of Michigan. Its body consists of seven segments connected by pneumatic bellows. Treads on all four sides of the segments give it traction against surfaces, and the connecting bellows can inflate or deflate to provide stiffness or flexibility as needed. The robot can squeeze through a four-inch hole or ascend a vertical tube.

http://www.engin.umich.edu/research/mrl/00MoRob_6.html via CrunchGear

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOSK4lVRTFw

Swimming robot snakes

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just wait till they build them waterproof with virtual intelligence, and built for the purpose of hunting down biped carbon based life forms

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That's one retarded-ass snake

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This was both fascinating and back-of-the-neck hair prickling.

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I think it's lovely irony that a grumpy face makes so many people smile ^___^

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I love your name, Tarder Sauce, and I think you are just about the cutest cat I have seen in a long time! But I must be sure my cats don't see me write this, they may be jealous. I have watched your video multiple times just because you are so cute. I think most all of the people who have seen you also think you are gorgeous. I wish I had known you were going to be on TV, I would loved to have seen you. My cat Squeek is in my lap now, purring very loudly.The best of luck to you, I think you are going to be a STAR!!

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