Los Angeles engineer Allen Pan has created a bizarre four-legged robotic platform.
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Peng, who posted a video of his project on YouTube, said he wanted to "give the snakes their legs back." About 150 million years ago, these reptiles had legs, but they disappeared in the process of evolution.
An engineer designed a frame for snakes froma plastic tube and four robotic legs that were modeled after a lizard. Each leg was 3D printed, and at the heart of everything are two servomotors. Peng first tested the prototype on a toy snake, and then on a real one.
