Gecko Inspired Robot Climbs Walls at Stanford

telomerewhythere writes "Stanford mechanical engineer Mark Cutkosky is using the biology of a gecko's sticky foot to create a robot that climbs. In the same way the small reptile can scale a wall of slick glass, the Stickybot can climb smooth surfaces with feet modeled on the intricate design of gecko toes. The team's new project involves scaling up the material for humans. A technology called Z-Man, which would allow humans to climb with gecko adhesive, is in the works."

Comments

Gecko-Man, Gecko-Man, does whatever a gecko can...

[tverbeek]

Just keep in mind that – thanks to the cube/square law and other physical principles – not all biological feats can be scaled up or down.

Re:Not the first effort

[Joebert]

The TFA doesn't

You are hereby banned from using acronyms until further notice.