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7th June 2014, 16:39
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Director of Poly-PEDAL Laboratory (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?11610)
Director of CiBER (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?11609)
Airicist
7th June 2014, 16:41
https://youtu.be/Ascql_RoeBU
Robert Full: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches
Uploaded on Dec 4, 2007
Biologist Robert Full shares slo-mo video of some captivating critters. Take a closer look at the spiny legs that allow cockroaches to scuttle across mesh and the nanobristle-packed feet that let geckos to run straight up walls.
Airicist
7th June 2014, 16:41
https://youtu.be/BUmOKfllAEo
Uploaded on Jun 23, 2008
Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's necessary. He shows how human engineers can learn from animals' tricks.
Airicist
7th June 2014, 16:43
https://youtu.be/d3syTrElgcg
Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail
Uploaded on Jun 12, 2009
Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbors perhaps the most surprising talents of all.
Airicist
7th June 2014, 16:45
https://youtu.be/TlyvS1ckDZM
Curiosity, discovery and gecko feet - Robert Full
Published on Dec 20, 2012
The scientific method is widely used to make many scientific discoveries, but Robert Full suggests the possibility of finding world-changing results with less formulaic approaches. In his TEDYouth Talk, Full describes the unlikely way he studied gecko's feet and how these beneficial discoveries could eventually save lives.
Talk by Robert Full.
Airicist
7th June 2014, 16:45
https://youtu.be/ekUh9AW1hKg
Robert Full: The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots
Published on Jun 6, 2014
How can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full takes a look at the incredible body of the cockroach to show what it can teach robotics engineers.