Snake robot offers new twist on nuclear cleanup

London (CNN) -- You could call it the humanoid robot's more curvacious cousin.

Slithering into confined spaces, tackling tasks too difficult or dangerous for humans, the Snake-arm robot can "reach the unreachable" say its UK inventors, OC Robotics.

Managing director Rob Buckingham and technical director Andrew Graham developed their first prototype in 2001 from their base in Bristol, England, and they've been perfecting the technology ever since.

Today, with clients in the nuclear sector and others queuing up for a demonstration, the hard work is beginning to pay off.    Full Read