SNAKEBOT

Snakebots are the next generation robotic probes that NASA is planning to develop in order to explore other worlds. Snakebots are named such because of their ability to move like biological snakes. Furthermore, they can change their shapes in order to accomplish different tasks such as digging under the soil, climbing over obstacles, moving around a different environment, etc
The body of a snakebot is composed of 30 identical modules linked together to form a chain. A central spine will act as the communication pathway between the modules and will be responsible for giving the commands to individual modules in order for them to work together in performing a task.A snakebot has a central computer which is responsible for communicating with the smaller computers on each of the attached modules. The central computer is the origin of commands and is responsible for coordinating the modules in performing a task. The modules are connected to by wires to create a network.