Snakebot - AS

Johannesburg - After a robotic cockroach that can make someone agile ran. Now comes the snake robot that can be wrapped around trees like a real snake.
The robot is named Snakebot Biorobotics Lab was created by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, USA. As quoted from Cnet, on Sunday (09/05/2010), Snakebot said to be capable twisting himself on the pole, trees and run vertically into the pipe.

Snakebot a meandering run was even able to shake the tail on the tree, looking around through the head contains a camera and even more amazing he was able to sing the U.S. national anthem 'Star-Spangled Banner' that made him get the nickname 'Uncle Sam'.


The robot seems to have been used in disaster training and one day hoped to do a search and rescue operation in field conditions do not allow people to enter it.

Modular robots are built from segments of sensors and actuators that enable it to change the length and easily to be assembled again.

Researchers at CMU noted that the experiment climbing trees, new Snakebot could climb on a tree trunk with a certain width.

"Researchers work to design, build and program a robot. But there is still much to be improved for the robot is able to climb trees higher with various sizes of trees and easy navigation of the branch and cable," said the Carnegie Mellon University.

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