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The Search Serpent: The Next Wave in Robotics
Howie Choset has developed a snake robot that moves without the aid of a fixed base. It can coordinate internal degrees movement to do a variety of locomotion capabilities.
Credit: Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon University
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Howie Choset, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, received an NSF award for "Optimal Gaits and Designs in Locomoting Systems." He is interested in designing a snake robot that not only understands how to chart its path through any type of terrain, but has many degrees of freedom for motion for a variety of applications.
Credit: Gwendolyn Morgan, National Science Foundation
Choset has developed another type of snake robot for minimally invasive heart surgery, known as a CardioArm. Its main purpose is to seek out and remove the damaged tissue.
Credit: Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon University
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Choset added sensors, a camera and a light so that the robotic snake can function for a number of different conditions. One of its main functions will be to serve as a tool for search and rescue.
Credit: Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon University
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