http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/ The Future Is Here Today...Robotics, Genetics, AI, Longevity, The Brain... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:22:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-34774 Stanford’s Stickybot is Climbing Faster, Human Project Coming Soon? (video) | Singularity Hub Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:38:49 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-34774 [...] Stickybot was one of the first robots we reviewed that took such inspiration from nature. Its directional adhesive is a rubber-like substance with [...] [...] Stickybot was one of the first robots we reviewed that took such inspiration from nature. Its directional adhesive is a rubber-like substance with [...]

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-19046 Stanford UAV Can Land and Take Off From the Side of a Wall (Video) | Singularity Hub Mon, 24 May 2010 14:47:21 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-19046 [...] from Stanford’s Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab, the same group that brought you StickyBot, and RISE. These guys know how to get robots to cling to a wall. The biggest application for the perching [...] [...] from Stanford’s Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab, the same group that brought you StickyBot, and RISE. These guys know how to get robots to cling to a wall. The biggest application for the perching [...]

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-16965 Festo’s Extraordinary Robots That Mimic Biology (video) | Singularity Hub Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:57:30 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-16965 [...] their inspiration from nature, including bots that run like a cockroach, fly like a hummingbird and scale walls like a gecko. By co-opting nature’s design, engineers take advantage of millions of years of evolutionary [...] [...] their inspiration from nature, including bots that run like a cockroach, fly like a hummingbird and scale walls like a gecko. By co-opting nature’s design, engineers take advantage of millions of years of evolutionary [...]

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-13901 The Remote Controlled Hummingbird Robot From Chiba (Video) | Singularity Hub Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:16:13 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-13901 [...] seen plenty of animal inspired bots climbing walls, skittering on floors, and jumping off buildings. There’s even a competing robotic [...] [...] seen plenty of animal inspired bots climbing walls, skittering on floors, and jumping off buildings. There’s even a competing robotic [...]

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-11749 A Review Of The Best Robots of 2009 | Singularity Hub Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:42:36 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-11749 [...] stickybot from Stanford has been around for a number of years, but in 2009 the gecko inspired wall climbing robot underwent [...] [...] stickybot from Stanford has been around for a number of years, but in 2009 the gecko inspired wall climbing robot underwent [...]

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-11001 Nextage Robot – Kawada’s Humanoid Helper | Singularity Hub Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:09:19 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-11001 [...] this year reflects the growing focus on humanoid robots. While swarm, modular, industrial, and animal mimicking robots all have distinct advantages over the human form, they don’t impress the public quite [...] [...] this year reflects the growing focus on humanoid robots. While swarm, modular, industrial, and animal mimicking robots all have distinct advantages over the human form, they don’t impress the public quite [...]

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-9579 DASH Robot Can Fall Off a 28m Building and Keep Running (Video) | Singularity Hub Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:56:43 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-9579 [...] able to mimic real world creatures. There are toys like the hexbugs, and more advanced robots like StickyBot that exhibit animal skills and/or behavior. The reverse is also true, we’ve seen robotics [...] [...] able to mimic real world creatures. There are toys like the hexbugs, and more advanced robots like StickyBot that exhibit animal skills and/or behavior. The reverse is also true, we’ve seen robotics [...]

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-8841 Chiwuzie Sunday Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:28:18 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-8841 Awesome, can't wait till I'll be able to do that! Awesome, can’t wait till I’ll be able to do that!

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-32008 Chiwuzie Sunday Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:28:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-32008 Awesome, can't wait till I'll be able to do that! Awesome, can’t wait till I’ll be able to do that!

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-8558 Raelifin Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:27:22 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-8558 I hope the dolphin-sub doesn't have any people on it. Uhg, talk about seasick. I hope the dolphin-sub doesn’t have any people on it. Uhg, talk about seasick.

]]> http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/29/stickybot-mimics-geckos-to-climb-walls/#comment-32007 Raelifin Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:27:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=7677#comment-32007 I hope the dolphin-sub doesn't have any people on it. Uhg, talk about seasick. I hope the dolphin-sub doesn’t have any people on it. Uhg, talk about seasick.

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