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from the mecho-ophidian dept. [article] Many robots are too bulky and inflexible to perform precise work in hazardous and difficult to reach places, like nuclear reactors. Engineers have turned to a different species of machine known as snake-arm robots, which are lightweight, flexible manipulator arms. They can contort to any desired shape, resembling a spinal column composed of individual vertebrae. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/5324708.stm < | >
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Snake-arm robots slither forward
