(Image: Mark Cutkosky/Stanford University in California)
A GECKO-like robot with sticky feet could soon be scampering up a wall near you.
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Geckos can climb up walls and across ceilings thanks to the millions of tiny hairs, or setae, on the surface of their feet. Each of these hairs is attracted to the wall by an intermolecular force called the van der Waals force, and this allows the gecko’s feet to adhere.
Stickybot, developed by Mark Cutkosky and his team at Stanford University in California, has feet with synthetic setae made of an elastomer.…
