If researchers in Norway are successful, a more intelligent snakebot could be crawling its way up a pipe near you. Scientists at SINTEF in Norway are working to make snake robots as smart as a teenager. These robotic snakes have many possible applications besides inspecting pipes. One possibility is that of acting as a robotic fire hose. The snakebot could use the high pressure water in the hose as its power source and as the fire extinguisher. Of course, these types of robots are also being explored as possible search and rescue devices since they could reach areas inaccessible to other more conventional machines. See one of the previous posts here at RobotNext on snakebots. Read the complete article at PhysOrg.com. Follow the links below.
The robot children
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The brains of the snake robots are still no more advanced than that of a one-year-old, but scientists at SINTEF (Norway) want to bring them up to the level …
The robot children – PhysOrg.com
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:07:30 GMT