This Ladder-Climbing Robot Snake Freaks Me Out Even More Than the Real Thing

I've never been able to quite figure out why I hate snakes, but my disdain of slithering serpents extends to the robot variety as well. I'm sure part of it comes from the way they wriggle and writhe to get around; it just freaks me out. But at the same time, I'm also impressed that robotics researchers have taught robo...