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Underwater snake robot will instill a fear of swimming in you
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water— you see the above video of a lifelike, infinitely creepy snake robot that swims through a pool, presumably sniffing for human flesh to feed on.

Developed by the Hirose Fukushima Lab in Japan, the robot was designed to explore the movement mechanics of snakes and how they're able to move easily with no appendages. Now that they've developed a robot that can clearly swim pretty easily in water, it's not clear what they'll use it for other than terrifying beachgoers, but I'm sure they'll come up with something a bit more useful. I hope so at least.

Hirose Fukushima Lab, via Geekologie

         
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i guess a possible end result would be hm...tentacles?

Yes, I'll take two, no, make it four, of the snake robots; and let me get the head lasers on those and the lateral neurotoxin injectors, thanks. Oh, do they come in candy apple red?

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