Local researchers help create robotic worm

Posted: 08/14/12 at 6:10 am EDT      Last Updated: 08/14/12 at 10:51 am EDT

BOSTON (WHDH) -- Researchers at MIT, Harvard and a South Korean university have created a robotic worm.

The device, called a mesh worm, is a mesh tube wrapped in wires. A small current makes the tube contract and expand, giving it its worm-like movement.

Researchers say the worm could be useful in finding victims following natural disasters because it could squeeze through small spaces in debris.

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