Animals inspire many designs for robots, from the gecko-inspired StickyBot to RoboBees. But, mechanical engineers at Stanford University looked to the plant world for bio-inspiration. With support ...
In 2006, he worked with Prof. Mark Cutkosky to develop the Stickybot, which won Time Magazine’s Best Invention 2006. Stickybot is a gecko-inspired robot that could climb walls. He invented the ...