Still Waters Posted February 23, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 23, 2018 The snake’s ambulatory secret is its special belly scales, which grip a surface like cleat spikes to help the reptile push forward. And now that secret has made it into robotics. Researchers report today in Science Robotics that they’ve designed an inflatable robot with its own scales that automatically pop out to get that grip. Even cooler still: The scientists laser-cut different shapes of scales, from circles to triangles to trapezoids, and it turns out that not all shapes are created equal. https://www.wired.com/story/snakelike-skin-gives-a-robot-the-power-to-crawl/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted February 25, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 25, 2018 That's pretty cool. I usually have an aversion to snakes but I think I could live with these ones. (As long as they don't give them eyes.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV-426 Posted February 25, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 25, 2018 52 minutes ago, Stiff said: That's pretty cool. I usually have an aversion to snakes but I think I could live with these ones. (As long as they don't give them eyes.) What about big, pointy, venomous fangs? I know... I have a mean streak a mile wide 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted February 25, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 25, 2018 32 minutes ago, LV-426 said: What about big, pointy, venomous fangs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted February 26, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Oh great, now they'll have to make a robotic mongoose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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