Robert Full: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches

[Donsknotts]

The video montage of feet was an acid trip. BOOM BOOM BOOM

[N3vam0re]

I wonder if this guy has a foot fetish

[Axenmoon]

On the Van der Waals force, what would happen if we used the attraction force but did not let the objects touch how much energy could be captured, or would they channel heat towards the gap and draw heat out of the air?

[meric2]

My God. They could make a whole army of crabs capable of walking on mesh!

Very impressive. Rhex is the little robot that could.

[YourDarkAccomplice]

LOL to answer your question "people who are interested in knowing how things work" care. xD

Stop being so silly.

[Glumglufs]

Cool

I really hope that they will start to produce boots that let me walk on walls.

[ldinaustin]

Absolutely amazing, the complexity and function of some animal and insect feet, and how their study can be applied in engineering.

[iurak6868]

so amazingly beautiful tecnology, i'm all pro-robots, not like some people out there that fear the "MATRIX" or "TERMINATOR" effect.

i think robots will make life easier, more entertaining and safe.

[Shezmu]

And in twenty minutes the speaker has convinced me to become an environmentalist. Not the radical "go back to the stone-age or die by global warming" kind, but an environmentalist none the less.

[thunderbow]

love what you do, do what you love.

[str8out]

"The Secrets will be lost forever" WELL SAID!

[robotaholic]

omgoodness I love the octipus-

[teejers01]

Bloody incredible..

[happyman]

i can hear his breathing...

[sevter]

I'm inspired. =P

[DigitalAssassin]

You can tell he absolutely loves what he's doing, and the work he (and his team) are doing is amazing as a result.

[Nsixqatsi]

Impressive music.

[kurtilein3]

the octopus that simulates a rolling coconut is amazing.

they are the great-apes of the ocean, quite intelligent critters.

[NeoQuello]

quite intelligent WHAT ????

[kurtilein3]

i think its a different and less frequently used word for beast/animal. but english isnt my native language, so i might be wrong.

[wbthacker]

Critter = rural American slang for "creature"

[BayerLexan]

Why try to make something new, when we have but to look at evolved designs that have been being perfected for many millions of years.

[nadiaTeeze]

so awesome

[xr0]

"do not mimic but use the same principles"

What's the difference? The resemblance to the original?

[kurtilein3]

simply mimicing it does not require understanding. understand it first, and then you can use the principles, and the result will be superior to a simple copy.

[oliilo1]

feets are cool :P would be cool to have a robot-car that climbed up walls as well ^^.

[RobotsAreHereNow]

make the foot concaved ,like when you hold in on a balloon

[eddygoombah]

feet!