Robot snakes in space is sort of like real snakes on a plane, right? (New Line Cinema)
Researchers at the SINTEF Research Institute in Norway and at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are working on a feasibility study for the European Space Agency (ESA) to see if snake-like robots could help explore alien planets.
They hope that the maneuverability of snake-bots might assist more traditional rovers like Mars Curiosity get access to different soil samples and access tight spots. No word yet on if a robot Samuel L. Jackson will also be developed to respond if the snakes escape onto a spacecraft.
(Thor Nielsen/SINTEF)
Read also:
European Space Agency Wants to Send a Snake Robot to Mars (ABC News)
Robot snakes may one day explore Mars (Gizmag)
Robot snakes on Mars? Serpentine probe could explore Red Planet. (Christian Science Monitor)
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