Name: Robert Full: apprenons de la queue du gecko
Uploaded: 2009-06-11T01:00:00Z
Duration: 11 min 34 s
Description: Le biologiste Robert Full étudie l'étonnant gecko, ses pattes super-collantes et ses grandes capacités d'escalades. Mais des prises de vues à vitesse rapide révèlent que sa queue possède sans doute les talents les plus surprenants.

Le biologiste Robert Full étudie l'étonnant gecko, ses pattes super-collantes et ses grandes capacités d'escalades. Mais des prises de vues à vitesse rapide révèlent que sa queue possède sans doute les talents les plus surprenants.

Robert Full: apprenons de la queue du gecko

Collaboration between biologists and engineers inspired breakthroughs by studying gecko toes and tails. Gecko feet, covered in billions of nano-sized split ends, led to the invention of a synthetic dry adhesive strong enough for humans to climb walls. High-speed cameras revealed the gecko’s tail acts as a fifth leg and a midair stabilizer, enabling agile landings and glides. These insights are fueling new generations of robots that move and balance in ways nature perfected over millions of years.