Research and Markets have added a new report to their portfolio titled, “Snake Robots Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide 2011 to 2017”.
This study consists of 216 pages with 112 figures and tables. A confined space requires snake shapes for attaining access. Confined spaces could be either by design like an aircraft engine or naturally like the human body or even by failure like a collapsed building. Snake arm robots utilize both software and hardware technology and are autonomous, handy and portable equipments and could also be extensions to the already available systems. Confined spaces are found mainly because the components cannot be dismantled or taken apart and are found in aircrafts, nuclear reactors, human body, underwater environments, industrial processing plants, ship-building and space. Everything has confined spaces including roads, buildings, roads and pipelines. Snake robots are highly versatile robotic arms, which can move independently due to their jointed structure.
The snake robots could be used in a number of applications such as surgical minimally invasive devices, industrial arm robots and reconnaissance opportunities for the military. They can go everywhere under the doors or over the mountains and reach places where no wheeled vehicle can go to. Susan Eustis who is the lead author of the study has stated that these snake robots could be used in a variety of applications. The market for the snake robots is growing rapidly and they would reach $8.5 billion by the year 2017 mainly because of the proven technology. The report deals with a description of the snake robot technology, market shares, market dynamics and forecasts, along with a number of company profiles.
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