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Robert Full over ingenieurskunst en evolutie

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Insecten en dieren hebben een aantal fantastische vaardigheden ontwikkeld door evolutie - maar zoals Robert Full opmerkt, zijn veel dieren eigenlijk over-ontwikkeld. De truc bestaat erin om alleen maar te kopiëren wat nodig is. Hij laat zien hoe menselijke ingenieurs kunnen leren van de kunstjes van dieren.

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 »

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