A team led by Georgia Tech researchers tests sidewinder snakes, both real and robotic, to learn how they move on a sandy surface. By Amina Khan Staff Writer . Oct. 16, 2014 3:57 PM PT .

The researchers collected naturally shed snakeskin from three sidewinding snakes: the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), native to the U.S. and Mexico, and two North African snakes, the ...

The Skin-Deep Physics of Sidewinder Snakes. A close-up on snake skin helped scientists work out what might help certain snakes navigate sandy surfaces. Share full article. 15.

Scientists recently studied one of the best sand-travelers in the animal kingdom – the sidewinder rattlesnake. After they analyzed its movement patterns and applied them to an existing snake ...

Snakes can pretty much slither anywhere they want, inspiring many (and we mean many) military and educational institutions to try and recreate them in robotic form. Carnegie Mellon University, in ...

Carnegie Mellon's modular robotic snake is able to traverse sandy environments, thanks to lessons learned from sidewinder snakes. Snake-bot scales sandy slopes with sidewinder slither - CNET X ...

One snake's ability to shimmy up slippery sand dunes could inspire new technologies for robots that could perform search and rescue missions, carry out inspections of hazardous wastes and even ...

Could the Sidewinder Snake Robot Help Search and Rescue Missions? Georgia Tech research offers new insight into making better search and rescue robots. October 10, 2014 • ...