the name is flipper bot. this robot is on a mission. explains. >> it's called flipper bot. a robot created the georgia tech to mimic the movement of baby sea turtles scurrying from their nest to the ocean. >> they inserted their flipper like limb into the ground and push themselves forward bending the wrist. we thought this was an interesting bit of mechanics. >> physics meets biology in photographer daniel goldman's lab where he and his team of students have rebuilt robots imitating ants, and snakes. >> researchers are study things in nature. rebuild to emulate the movement to see if there are practical application to the military, conservation, or search and rescue. >> we think that the principles we are discovering can be transferred on to real hardened robots to give them new capabilities to move around in loose material like that found after in disaster sites nor rubble piles. >> although flipper bot and sea turtles move well across undisturbed beaches, both face challenges navigating sand that's already been stepped on. by studyin