NASA’s snake robot is designed to search out life in the icy oceans of a Saturn moon

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The snake robot form factor has existed for decades. In addition to the diversity it adds to the world of automation, the design has several pragmatic attributes. The first is redundancy, which allows for the system to keep chugging even after a module is damaged.

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