Snake inspired robot slithers even better than predecessor

SEAS researchers have developed a new and improved snakeinspired soft robot that is faster and more precise than its predecessor. The robot is made using kirigami a Japanese paper craft that relies on cuts to change the properties of a material. As the robot stretches, the kirigami surface pops up into a 3Dtextured surface, which grips the ground just like snake skin. The new research combined two properties of the material the size of the cuts and the curvature of the sheet. By controlling these f