Snakebots traverse terrain, plan silent, midnight attack

by Joshua Topolsky, posted Mar 7th 2008 at 10:52AM

Apparently the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University has been quite busy as of late... building an army of robotic snakes. Though we've seen droid snakes before, bot-makers at the school have been investigating the myriad possibilities of single-task snakes, coming up with configurations for swimming, crawling, and climbing, amongst others. The program is concerned with enabling the bots to take on a diverse variety of terrain and tasks, made easier by the fact that the little guys aren't limited to wheel-based movement. To really get an idea of the possibilities (and extreme creepiness), check the video after the break. We just hope you enjoy the techno version of Crazy Train as much as we do.

[Thanks, Andrew]

Filed under: Robots

Tags: biorobotics lab, BioroboticsLab, carnegie mellon university, CarnegieMellonUniversity, cmu, robot snakes, RobotSnakes, snake, snakes

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Flashpoint @ Mar 7th 2008 10:59AM

Snake Bot is just to phallic looking.

Imagine you were in bed and that thing crawled up yo ass.

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OneLove @ Mar 7th 2008 11:04AM

I love the realtime shot of it doing the moon walk!

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RossM @ Mar 7th 2008 11:39AM

You're probably the only person to think of that scenario and I think it says more about you than it does about snakebot.

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Mark G @ Mar 7th 2008 11:54AM

Damn, that is some creepy-ass shit.

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Robert Preseau @ Mar 7th 2008 12:15PM

co-sign Mark G.

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Yubastard @ Mar 7th 2008 12:39PM

dude, if you make a dildo that moves like that, you will become an instant trillionare!

can you imagine a dildo like that that crawls up it's master's leg at her command? it could actually hang on to the leg and thrust itself! not to mention vibrate. Hands free, baby!

I'm not trying to be a foul commenter, but, for those that criticized Flashpoint's dream, science could, no, should be applied to everything, even our sexual lives.

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BigBirdUK @ Mar 7th 2008 12:52PM

@Yubastard

You don't get to meet girls often, do you.......

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IndiaTech @ Mar 7th 2008 2:01PM

@Yubastard

The correct term is Mistress, not Master.

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Alan @ Mar 7th 2008 3:08PM

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Flashpoint @ Mar 7th 2008 10:59AM

Snake Bot is just to phallic looking.

Imagine you were in bed and that thing crawled up yo ass.

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OneLove @ Mar 7th 2008 11:03AM

am waiting for v-jay-jay bot 3g.

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Cahlito @ Mar 7th 2008 11:15AM

lmao you guys are crazy

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ReggieXuk @ Mar 7th 2008 11:19AM

NICE

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SimonRichards @ Mar 7th 2008 11:29AM

epic win.

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Jonathan @ Mar 7th 2008 11:30AM

Thanks Andrew?? How about "thanks Jonathan?"

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/robotic-snake-moves-by-pushing-off-obstacles/#comments

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Scribbles @ Mar 7th 2008 11:37AM

This should snakes electronic helper in MGS4

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Mattmatt. @ Mar 7th 2008 12:14PM

Try, "thanks the button in the top right corner that says tip us"?

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rumblerjon @ Mar 7th 2008 12:03PM

RUN!

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Stridery @ Mar 7th 2008 12:12PM

My god... I will never fly in a plane again....

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BigBirdUK @ Mar 7th 2008 12:30PM

Presumably somebody is less than happy with all those "Real Time" stencils painted around campus?

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Christian @ Mar 7th 2008 12:25PM

This has got to be one of the robots I've seen here that I actually would like to get.

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PhilxBefore @ Mar 7th 2008 12:29PM

"I want these motherfucking snakebots, off this motherfucking plane!"

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Sam @ Mar 7th 2008 12:30PM

So is Snake from MGS going to be replaced by these things?

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BigBirdUK @ Mar 7th 2008 12:35PM

Exam question: Please expand on why you think that a research project on robotics is an ideal replacement candidate for a plot character in a computer game WITHOUT mentioning that both mention "Snakes".

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