Robot snake that climbs trees, street lights and wall ladders (video)

Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan spent several years developing robot snake able climb trees and street lights, climb wall ladders and navigate any terrain.

Many of the robots being developed today have anthropomorphic forms, that is, with two legs and two arms, in order to resemble people and not be so intimidating. But this is a very limited design for most purposes other than social ones.

Snakes are quite repulsive animals to most, but their anatomy can be very interesting to humans. robotwhen it comes to climbor move around steep terrain.

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From what can be seen from the introductory video of the news, although the appearance of this robot is similar to a snake, it does not move as such.

He has a series of wheels around his body that allow him to move forward using spiral movement.

As you can see in the first experiment in the video, this is a kind of robot snake he can climb trees and pipes. It can even work with pipes that change thickness in the middle of the rise or rise inside the pipes. This type of movement seems to be very useful for check pipes in factories or homes.

We can also appreciate how it navigates all kinds of difficult terrain with no problem, from sloping ramps to floors filled with moving trees.

Although the most spectacular is the way in which ladder wall stairs, entangled between steps. He can even put them down!

He has a flashlight on his head and possibly camera and sensors, explore the surroundings. These types of robots seem to be very useful for reconnaissance missions in humanitarian disastersinspection of objects in hard-to-reach places and much more.

robot snake belonging Kyoto University surprised us with its versatility when it comes to tree climbing, pipelinesY wall ladder. Now you just need to remove the cable to be fully functional.