Lizard-inspired robot can swim through granular material

Lizard-inspired robot can swim through granular material: "

When the sandfish lizard wishes to escape predators, it can actually dive beneath the surface of the sand, and then swim through it. Inspired by the sandfish, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an undulating robot that can likewise swim through a granular medium. While that medium has so far consisted of quarter-inch plastic balls in a lab setting, the team hopes that their robot – or one of its descendants – could someday be used to tunnel through debris to rescue earthquake victims...
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Tags: Biomimicry,
Disasters,
Earthquake,
Georgia Tech,
Robots



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