Press: Snake robots slither to the rescue - CNN

"Choset and his team have designed a number of different snake robots that can undertake all manner of tasks from assisting in surgery to leading the way in rescue missions after earthquakes or collapsed mines.

Compared to existing robotic devices and traditional means of search and rescue using sniffer dogs, snake robots are packed with sensors and can use their unique shape and delicate movement to crawl over rubble and bend around obstacles.

Last year he and his team made a break-through by building a prototype enabling them to remotely climb up walls and around pipes."