Snakes and snake-like robots show how sidewinders conquer sandy slopes

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The amazing ability of sidewinder snakes to quickly climb sandy slopes was once something biologists only vaguely understood and roboticists only dreamed of replicating. By studying the snakes in a unique bed of inclined sand and using a snake-like robot to test ideas spawned by observing the real animals, both biologists and roboticists have now gained long-sought insights.

Published On: 10-Oct-14 04:14 AM
Source: ScienceDaily

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