Research on Sidewinder Snakes (VIDEO)

Georgia Institute of Technology

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This video explains research done to understand the motion used by sidewinder snakes to climb sandy slopes and to apply that motion to a snake-like robot. Researchers from Georgia Tech, Carnegie-Mellon and Zoo Atlanta are interviewed.

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Credit: Maxwell Guberman

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