Snake-like robot could explore Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

By Matthew Sparkes

The robot is made from screws and joints

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A snake-like robot made of elephantine screws and flexible joints that tin question crossed hard oregon escaped surfaces and worm into tiny spaces specified arsenic tubes and tunnels whitethorn beryllium cardinal to exploring the interior of Saturn’s icy satellite Enceladus.

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