When disaster strikes, drones and robots can be sent into danger zones to scout for survivors. The RoBoa from a student team ...

RoBoa currently has a length of 20 meters, but can be extended up to 100 meters. Thanks to its adaptability, the soft robotic ...

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Currently, RoBoa can extend up to 328-feet (100 meters) in length. In emergencies, the system is equipped with a speaker and ...

A close up image of a snake robot developed at the University of Nottingham A snake-like robot has been used to inspect a potentially hazardous area at the site of Scotland's largest nuclear clean ...

The department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University have developed a snake-like robot that is able to ... of it whether it be a sensor or water, for example, to reach a disaster ...

A robot that imitates the flexibility of a snake could be used in cancer surgery within 10 years, experts say. The remote-controlled robot, called COBRA, has previously been used in jet ...

A snake-like robot that extends to the length of a football field can slither through narrow spaces, such as rubble, to aid ...

Ideally, it was capable of being any size, any shape, and any functionality, shapeless like water, flexible and ... The following video shows four Dtto robots in a snake configuration crawling ...

A snake-like robot would be well suited for exactly these ... to push against the walls of the vents in order to resist the ...

In addition to serving as a search and rescue device, RoBoa can also be used as an industrial inspection tool for pipes, sewers or tanks in the wastewater, power and chemical manufacturing industries.