DESIGNS from NATURE

In a room at Stanford University, scientists have a problem with their robot. It can walk up and down walls made of glass and plastic, but it can’t walk upside down. So today they have a gecko in the room and they are studying how
5 it walks. It’s an amazing animal. Like the robot, it’s very good at moving up and down trees, but the gecko can also walk upside down. In particular, the scientists are interested in the gecko’s feet. They want to learn from its feet and use the same design on their robot.

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