Researchers from IIT-Bombay and Harvard University have discovered a previously unreported S-shaped escape movement in young yellow anacondas. This rapid, non-planar motion, termed the "S-start," is ...

Danish scientists have developed an origami snake robot that could one day search for survivors at disaster sites, or even explore other planets. The device moves via rectilinear locomotion, just like ...

ANCHOR MICHELLE WRIGHT SHOWS US ITS SLITHERY COUNTERPART. THIS WEEK, WE’VE BEEN TAKING YOU TO THE FUTURE WITH A LOOK INSIDE THE CARNEGIE MELLON ROBOTICS LAB TO SHOW YOU WHAT’S BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT ...

When disaster strikes, drones and robots can be sent into danger zones to scout for survivors. The RoBoa from a student team at ETH Zurich is designed to snake its way through debris that would stop ...

High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...