Robotic Snails May Save Lives

Discovery-News.com: Discovery's Tracy Staedter and Matt Danzico visit MIT to learn about robotic snails that could one day be used in search and rescue. For more technology news stories, check out dsc.discovery.com

Duration: 00:02:57
Date published: 29 Oct 2008 - 5:40pm

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