Being Trapped In a Building Seems Less Scary Than This Robot Snake Rescuing You

We ’ve been pretty harsh onCarnegie Mellon University’sartificial snake , which , avowedly , is animpressive part of robotic engineering . But seeing it randomly writhe around while it tries to make its way across the floor and over obstacles will never not be unsettling .

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In its latest stunt the robot ophidian is used to research a collapsed , pancaked construction and hunt for survivors . Without legs or wheel the golem can easily flick and flop over any kind of scratchy terrain , and as is demonstrated in this clip , it can be mechanically deployed by a rescue dog into spaces the animate being ca n’t fit . But what ’s even more telling is thatTexas A&M Universityapparently has an entire fake ruin town calledDisaster Cityfor conducting tests just like these .