The new robot will be able to squeeze into a long narrow passage that leads to the inner chambers and see what's been hiding in there for 4,500 years.

The new robot will be able to fit through a 3.5cm hole, expand and inflate
The new robot will be able to fit through a 3.5cm hole, expand and inflate

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French research institutes Inria and CNRS have teamed up to build a robotic blimp.

The device will be able to fit through a 3.5 centimetre hole, expand and inflate.

It is made of two small robots, one equipped with a HD camera and another equipped with the blimp.

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The void is about 100 feet long and up to 230 feet above ground
The void is about 100 feet long and up to 230 feet above ground
This graphic explains how the new robot will squeeze into a long narrow passage that leads to the inner chambers to see what's been hiding in there for 4,500 years
This graphic explains how the new robot will squeeze into a long narrow passage that leads to the inner chambers to see what's been hiding in there for 4,500 years