For the first time in world practice: the army of Israel will adopt a snake robot!

An absolutely new type of bionic robots begins to actively be introduced into our real life: they differ from any traditional one by the absence of wheels and legs.

News from Israel - [06/16/2009]:
The Israeli army plans to equip its combat units with a snake robot, the Associated Press reports. A video camera and a microphone are mounted in the “head” of the device.
In the process of creating the developers investigated the living snakes to copy their movements ...
Video and details on the link:
www.rian.ru/video/20090616/174530071.html

News from Japan - [05.23.2009]:
The snake robot ACM-R5 of the Japanese laboratory can not only crawl but also swim. It is not entirely military, but the principle of its movement is unique; in the future, such robots will be able to solve a wide range of tasks.
The robot is designed by Hirose Fukushima Robotics Lab ...
Video and details on the link:
www.popmech.ru/blogs/post/331-robot-zmeya

News from Britain - [10/06/2003]:
The British defense company BAE Systems presented a laboratory prototype of a military intelligence robot capable of adapting to rapidly changing environmental conditions.
The machine, called Snakebot (literally "robot snake"), resembles a worm: its oblong body consists of many individual segments, riddled with "artificial muscles" of nickel-titanium alloy, which has a memory effect ...
Details on the link:
www.computerra.ru/xterra/homo/29684
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News from China - [11.24.2001]:
The snake robot, which can move on virtually any horizontal surface, was developed by five graduate students of the National University of Science and Defense Technology of China .
The length of the snake robot is 1.2 meters, diameter - 6 centimeters, and weight - about 2 kg. The developers claim that a mechanical snake can crawl on bare ground or grass, just like a live one, in any direction and reach speeds of up to 20 meters per minute. A waterproof shell protected robot also knows how to swim ...
Details on the link:
www.membrana.ru/articles/technic/2001/11/24/221000.html

www.snakerobots.com - Website of Dr. Gavin Miller (Gavin Miller) , who has been studying and developing snake robots for more than 20 years (since 1987).