Center for Biologically Inspired Robotics Research uses biological work on animal behavior to create a useful robot

The earthworm’s surprising superpowers inspired this biomimetic worm-bot 
Gizmodo: Researchers from the Center for Biologically Inspired Robotics Research used their biological work on animal behavior to create a useful robot. After studying the neurological and physical systems in earthworms, they’re working to replicate it for a larger scale.