--- description: Yikes. title: Watch a Snake Robot Turn Its Head and Tail Into Legs... And Walk image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Snake Robot Turn Its Head and Tail Into Legs... And Walk by [Ryan Sager](/author/ryan-sager/) ## Ryan Sager Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 5:06 PM CUT by [Ryan Sager](/author/ryan-sager/) ## Ryan Sager Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 5:06 PM CUT (via [IEEE Spectrum](http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/snake-robot-walks-by-turning-its-head-and-tail-into-legs "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3457037/watch-a-snake-robot-turn-its-head-and-tail-into-legs-and-walk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3457037/watch-a-snake-robot-turn-its-head-and-tail-into-legs-and-walk/"},"headline":"Watch a Snake Robot Turn Its Head and Tail Into Legs... And Walk","datePublished":"2014-10-03T17:06:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:33:23.164Z","description":"Yikes","url":"https://time.com/3457037/watch-a-snake-robot-turn-its-head-and-tail-into-legs-and-walk/","keywords":["Innovation"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Sager","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-sager/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3457037/watch-a-snake-robot-turn-its-head-and-tail-into-legs-and-walk/","name":"Watch a Snake Robot Turn Its Head and Tail Into Legs... And Walk"}}]}] ```