DMC-FX7
ƒ/2.8
5.8 mm
1/13
200

The tricky part is to get them to slither forward and to “do the sidewinder”… It takes coordinated motion along the segments and a lot of trial & error design work. These are version 5 (with 32 motors, nice binary relationship there) and version 3 (with 10 motors).

15 responses to “Robo-snakes”

  1. The Rocketeer Avatar
    The Rocketeer

    Cool cutting edge technology…

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  2. intutum Avatar
    intutum

    lovely reptiles!

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  3. _sarchi Avatar
    _sarchi

    I think this motion works better on a carpet..haha very cool ‘cuttin’ tech…

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  4. sweet thing Avatar
    sweet thing

    I smell a DARPA grant. Why does’nt version 3 have 8 motors? Will version 6 have 64 motors 🙂

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  5. Victor1 Avatar
    Victor1

    That’s the 64 motor question…

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  6. nep Avatar
    nep

    2056 motors, here we come!

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  7. ophis Avatar
    ophis

    There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
    The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

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  8. Acid Zebra Avatar
    Acid Zebra

    so are you taking your cues from actual snakes or just messing around? Because it seems like snakes have the ‘sidewinder’ thing down pat 😉

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  9. inthegan Avatar
    inthegan

    great for http://www.flickr.com/groups/garden-of-eden/

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  10. sweet thing Avatar
    sweet thing

    acidzebra: Though improvement upon nature’s movement design is unlikley, improvement in a snake’s utilitiy is probably the goal. When was the last time you saw a snake follow the directions of a remote operator, gather megabytes of temprature, terrain and atmospheric data along it’s journey and not bite the hand that picks it up?

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  11. _rebekka Avatar
    _rebekka

    my kids would love these.

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  12. atelierdoferro Avatar
    atelierdoferro

    da hora seus trabalhos eu trabalho na area

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  13. schoschie Avatar
    schoschie

    Looking forward to version 16, then. 65536 motors. Will be a looooong snake.

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  14. pandasanjayakumar Avatar
    pandasanjayakumar

    it was my prohect also

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  15. Bugamashoo Avatar
    Bugamashoo

    Hello!! I know I am about 20 years late, but do you have any video of the operation? Have you made any other robotic creatures?

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