“Ladder Climbing with the Snake Robot” is a video that was released last year by Kyoto University’s Matsuno Lab, and it is still drawing stares and shivers. Comments on the video have included “Thanks, I hate it.”
Popular Mechanics in its headline advised readers that “You can’t unsee” it scaling a ladder. Stephanie Mlot in Geek.com described a “slithering cyborg.” She noted how “a plasticized serpent noisily wraps itself around each rung, swiftly ascending then descending.”
The snake-like robot was shown at IROS in Madrid earlier this month. The team is from Kyoto University and the University of Electro-Communications.
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