Instead of robots-on-wheels rolling around on Mars, mechanized snakes may soon explore the red planet.
The European Space Agency has asked Norwegian researchers to study whether robot snakes could more effectively explore Martian terrain.
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“Snake robots are terrific at being versatile and being able to navigate a variety of terrains,” Kevin Lipkin, who works at The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, told
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