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Robert Full sul movimento animale

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Con una serie di filmati al rallentatore, il biologo Robert Full ci mostra alcune creature affascinanti. Vedrete le zampe aculeate con le quali una blatta può sfrecciare su una rete e il piede a fasci di micro-setole che permette ai gechi di arrampicarsi senza problemi sui muri.

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 Italian by Michele Gianella
Reviewed by Marina Macchia
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