A robot that's developed something of a mythology over the years now has a new trick. Snakebot, named ground rescue robot of the year in 2017 and helping its creator win the "Oscars of automation" in ...

Snakebot helped search through the rubble for survivors after last fall’s Mexico City earthquake. Presenting the award were representatives from the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR ...

Howie Choset, a rambunctious roboticist who has been working on snake-like robots for decades at Carnegie Mellon University, has developed a new, ultra-slim snakebot that can crawl inside a small ...

A snake-like robot can now slither its way through water, allowing it to inspect ships, submarines, and underwater infrastructure for damage. Researchers from the Biorobotics Lab in the School of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The simplicity but excellent mobility of snakes makes them an ideal creature for roboticists to emulate, but it also yields robots that are downright creepy. Making things worse, researchers at the ...

Have a reconnaissance job that’s too dangerous or difficult to access to send in a person? Maybe it’s time to deploy a snake robot! “Most current ground-based mobile robots have limited mobility over ...

The sight of several robotic snakes slithering down a hallway together is enough to most people the heebie-jeebies. But Greek researchers believe teams of coordinated snake-like robots could someday ...