Discovery of fundamental principles which govern and limit effective locomotion (self-
propulsion) is of intellectual interest and practical importance. Human technology has …

Neuromechanics seeks to understand how muscles, sense organs, motor pattern
generators, and brain interact to produce coordinated movement, not only in complex terrain …

A climbing robot that can rapidly move on diverse surfaces such as floors, walls, and ceilings
will have an enlarged operational workspace compared with other terrestrial robots …

Directional arrays of branched microscopic setae constitute a dry adhesive on the toes of
pad-bearing geckos, nature's supreme climbers. Geckos are easily and rapidly able to …

This paper presents an integrated, systems‐level view of several novel design and control
features associated with the biologically inspired, hexapedal, RiSE (Robots in Scansorial …

If geckos had not evolved, it is possible that humans would never have invented adhesive
nanostructures. Geckos use millions of adhesive setae on their toes to climb vertical …

Geckos are nature's elite climbers. Their remarkable climbing feats have been attributed to
specialized feet with hairy toes that uncurl and peel in milliseconds. Here, we report that the …

Direct measurements of the acceleration of spheres and disks impacting granular media
reveal simple power law scalings along with complex dynamics which bear the signatures of …

This paper describes the development of a legged robot designed for general locomotion of
complex terrain but specialized for dynamical, high-speed climbing of a uniformly convex …

Rapid, vertically climbing cockroaches produced climbing dynamics similar to geckos,
despite differences in attachment mechanism,foot or toe'morphology and leg number. Given …