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#604 Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces

Science for the People

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The Gheco Type Is So Simple Compared to the Great Complexity of a Keko's Foot

Geko feet have been used to make robots that can climb and a typeof tape for existing bot arms. But scientists say the gheko's foot is far more complex than they thought. They are very, very far away from ever being able to reproduce something that has evolved over many millennia.

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