Cheetah, Gecko and Spiders Inspire Robotic Designs
October 16th, 2009 link to (permalink)
A cheetah can run faster than any other animal. A gecko’s feet can stick to almost any surface without using liquids or surface tension. And some roaches can scurry at nearly 50 times their body length in one second, which, scaled up to human levels, can be around 200 miles an hour.
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