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Robert Full: Leren van de staart van de gekko

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Bioloog Robert Full bestudeert de verbluffende gekko, met zijn superklevende voeten en zijn hardnekkige klimtalent. Filmbeelden tegen hoge snelheid tonen aan dat de staart van de gekko misschien nog zijn grootste talent verbergt.

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 Dutch by Els De Keyser
Reviewed by Rik Delaet
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