Snake machine nosing in nuclear power plant

Snake-shaped robots can perform difficult or dangerous tasks for humans such as checking radioactive concentrations in nuclear reactors or entering narrow spaces to save people.

CNN said the snake-shaped robot is one of the products of OC Robotics, a robot manufacturing company in the UK. It can bend and perform complex movements when attached to another robot.

Snake-shaped robots can perform tasks
difficult or dangerous for people.

The human arm moves through large muscle bundles on the back, and tendons connect the muscles to the joints. Rob Buckingham, CEO of OC Robotics, said that solid-state robots are built according to the principles of the operation of the human arm.

"The motors that control the movement of a snake are placed in the body of a robot that supports it, and the steel wires have the same function as the tendons of people , " Buckingham said.

OC Robotics can fabricate solid machines of any length according to customer requirements. Its width will be adjusted corresponding to the length to ensure its performance.

"Our rule is that the robot's length must be 30 times the width. That's the ratio that helps it work most effectively," Buckingham said.

Users can attach lights, cameras and
many other things on the tip of the machine arm.

Thanks to the ability to wriggle in tight spaces, solid robots will take on difficult or dangerous jobs for people - such as earthquake rescue or risk of leakage of radioactive substances. One can attach many tools at the top of it - like lamps, cameras, saws, drills, gauze pads. Robots and tools are controlled by a person via computer.

OC Robotics' solid machine demonstrated the ability to test and handle radioactive materials at Sellafield's headquarters, which specializes in dismantling nuclear power plants in the UK. Now many nuclear power plants have expressed interest in it.

"Machines cannot completely replace humans in nuclear power plants, but the presence of robots will improve the level of human safety during the process of work. That's the future of snake-shaped robots." , Buckingham announced.