Top tech movies: Creepy-crawly climbing bots and more 1

4,381 views · Published 11 May 2007 · 3:02 · Indexed 27 September 2026

Channel: New Scientist · 2007 · Entertainment

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Researchers at Case Western University in Ohio, US, are using robots equipped with a cross between wheels and legs -- called "whegs" -- to test a new material that mimics the gravity-defying feet of geckos and insects.
This video shows experiments involving adhesive tape.

Courtesy of Dr. Roger Quinn

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