The robot tries to imitate the gecko lizards: its legs are synthetic bristles, made of elastomer, each of these hairs "attracted" to the wall of the intermolecular force, known as van der Waals force (of such experiments see here and here ).
StickyBot while moving very slowly breaks down, but the researchers hope that robots of this type will in future serve as planetary rovers and / or rescue boats. By which a person becomes a spider, but more about robots Cliff-bot , and Lemur .
Mine boots created robots:
Unlike the old shoes for engineers, designed for damping shock and preserve the integrity of the feet, shoes are designed to exclude the robot itself undermining.
They are equipped with six "legs" (each), in which are embedded detectors. If the electronics approach captures the metal when the owner of such shoes puts foot down, automatic instantly lifts up the proper support, while the remaining five legs provide stability of man, taking on the weight. Thus, walking through a minefield, the owner of the mine shoe on mine does not.
They note that the testing and improvement of the system will still continue, but to the invention has already expressed interest in several companies.
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