BALTIMORE, Md. – In looking for creative inspiration, engineering student Qiyuan Fu finds it in a box, with an interesting occupant. Inside: a real, live snake. “We can definitely learn something from ...

Snake-like robots have been used in the past in spots like Japan’s melted-down Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The robot could also be used in situations where a human is too creeped out to ...

A team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is creating and testing a snake-like robot called EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor). This versatile robot is being developed to autonomously map, ...

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed an AI system that improves how snake-like robots move, potentially extending their use in rescue missions and hazardous environments. The ...

The snake robot mixes undulating movements like a snake (left), with rolling motions that take advantage of gravity (right). News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper ...

The snake-like robot arm measures 22 metres and weighs about 4.6 tonnes (STR) A 22-metre robot arm will help remove a third sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear ...

A 22-metre robot arm will help remove a third sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday, as it unveiled the snake-like device.