His research includes snakebots, or robots designed in a segmented fashion to mimic snake-like actuation and motion,[1][2] demining, and coverage.
His snake robots have also been used in surgical applications for diagnosis and tumor removal; nuclear power plant inspection, archaeological excavations, manufacturing applications and understanding biological behaviors of a variety of animals.
Choset got his undergraduate degrees in computer science and business from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990.
[3] In 2002, Choset was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
[4][5] Choset was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015.