A team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is creating and testing a snake-like robot called EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor). Inspired by a desire to descend vents on Saturn’s icy...

A snakebot, also referred to as a snake robot, is a biomorphic robot that resembles a snake. Snakebots have uses similar to those of certain types of soft robots. [1] Snakebots can vary …

May 8, 2023 · A team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is creating and testing a snake-like robot called EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor). Inspired by a desire to descend vents on …

Snake robots may someday help us explore inaccessible terrain like building rubble after an earthquake. But can robots ever match the incredible locomotion of biological snakes? …

Bioinspired Robotic Snake: I was inspired to begin this project after seeing research videos of both tree climbing robotic snakes and robotic eels. This is my first attempt and building robots …

Mar 13, 2024 · To enable such a mission, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is developing a snake-like robot called Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) that can navigate Enceladus’ …

This website contains images and video of a series of snake robots built by Dr. Gavin Miller as part of a self-funded project to investigate snake locomotion applied to robotics applications. …

Biomimetic Underwater Soft Snake Robot: Self-Motion Sensing and Online Gait Control Abstract: This study draws inspiration from the locomotion and adaptability of aquatic snakes to develop …

JPL’s EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) was conceived of as an autonomous snake robot that would descend narrow vents in the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus to explore the …

Feb 16, 2024 · We present a modular soft robot made of outdoor fabric that performs rectilinear locomotion. The design captures the flexibility of snakes with an emphasis on the role of skin …