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Robert Full, l'ingénierie et l'évolution

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Les insectes et les animaux ont développé des capacités étonnantes, mais, comme Robert Full le précise, nombre d'animaux ont encore beaucoup à nous apprendre. Il suffit juste de copier ce dont nous avons besoin. Il nous montre comment les ingénieurs peuvent apprendre des animaux.

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 French by Guillaume Wambre
Reviewed by David Rodrigues
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