Snake movement inspires robot maker
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 21:00
in Biology & Nature
ATLANTA, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they're studying the locomotion of a flexible, efficient animal, the snake, to improve all-terrain robots for search-and-rescue missions.
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