Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing a new self-propelled robotic sleeve inspired by the earthworm.

An earthworm-inspired, self-propelled robotic sleeve designed for installing underground power lines has been developed by a ...

They chomp and chew the soil like underground earthworms, and ‘tunnel down’ in snaky worm-patterns, with the class forming four ‘worm-lines’ across the room. Eventually they snooze as a ...