Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Gecko Inspired Robot Climbs Walls at Stanford

Posted by timothy on from the needs-to-be-at-thinkgeek dept.

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."

5 of 56 comments (clear)

  1. Niggers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This site is news for nerds? Seems more like a site for sexless virgins. Go get laid, losers.

    Oh yeah, niggers.

    Why do niggers hate tootsie rolls?
    Because they try to bite their fingers.

  2. Re:Can it save you money on auto insurance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It can save you money on going and fucking your mother up the ass.

  3. Design of gecko toes? by MaxSterling · · Score: -1, Troll

    "feet modeled on the intricate design of gecko toes"

    Really? "Intricate design"? Not "configuration" or just "complexity"? Come on! This is Slashdot!! Gecko feet aren't "designed"! The robot's feet are designed, but the geckos' are not. They evolved.

  4. Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Slashdot - all PR - all the time.

    Fuck Stanford, fuck MIT.

    1. Re:Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Fuck yo mama.