Snake Can Walk with Robotic Legs, Thanks to Engineers Invention (Photos/Video)

Publish date: 2024-05-09

An engineer and self-proclaimed snake enthusiast, Allen Pan, has developed a robot that allows snakes to ‘walk’.

 
While there is no evidence of snakes with four legs in the natural world, a promising fossil discovered in 2015 turned out to be a lizard, disappointing the initial excitement amongst scientists.

Driven by his love for snakes, Pan visited a local pet shop to study how snakes move by observing lizards.

He then designed a tube-based structure with four mechanical legs that enables snakes to mount and allows the robotic limbs to facilitate their movement.

Engineer makes snake

To test his invention, Pan visited a local snake breeder’s home to find a suitable reptile for the robotic contraption.

Engineer makes snake

Speaking to the camera in a video that garnered over 2.5 million views on YouTube in just two days, Pan expressed, “When any other animal has deformed legs, humanity comes together to spit in God’s face, and we build that animal awesome new cyborg legs. But nobody loves snakes enough to build them robot legs. Nobody except for me. Snake lover: Allen Pan.”

It is believed that snakes had the ability to walk on land around 150 million years ago.

A 2016 study highlighted that certain snakes, such as pythons, retain remnants of legs in the form of two small bumps on either side of their pelvis.

Watch the video below

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— Allen Pan (@AnyTechnology) August 16, 2022


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