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Robert Full über Maschinenbau und Evolution

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Insekten und Tiere haben einige erstaunliche Fähigkeiten entwickelt – aber, wie Robert Full bemerkt, die Gestaltung von vielen Tieren ist tatsächlich zu komplex. Der Trick dabei ist, nur das zu kopieren, was notwendig ist. Er zeigt, wie menschliche Ingenieure von diesen Tier-Tricks lernen können.

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 German by Gautier Brunet
Reviewed by Sabrina Gründlinger
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