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Robert Full om ingeniørkunst og evolution.

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Insekter og dyr har udviklet nogle fantastiske evner -- men, som Robert Full bemærker, er mange dyr faktisk over-udviklede. Hemmeligheden er kun at kopiere det nødvendige. Han viser, hvordan menneskelige ingeniører kan lære af dyrenes fiduser.

Robert Full studies cockroach legs and gecko feet. His research is helping build the perfect "distributed foot" for tomorrow's robots, based on evolution's ancient engineering. Full bio »

Translated into Danish by Martin John Pedersen
Reviewed by Solveig Vendelbo
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