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Carnegie Mellon's snake robots learn to turn by following the lead of real sidewinders


March 23, 2015

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, working with colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Zoo Atlanta, have analyzed the motions of sidewinder snakes and tested their observations on Carnegie Mellon University's snake robots. They showed how the complex motion of a sidewinder can be described in terms of two wave motions--vertical and horizontal body waves--and how changing the phase and amplitude of the waves enables snakes to achieve exceptional maneuverability.Full Story

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