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Robert Full:壁虎尾巴的学问

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生物学家Robert Full曾致力于研究壁虎具有吸附力的脚趾及其超强的攀爬能力。但是近日获取的高速摄像影片却展现了壁虎在其尾巴的使用上也有着惊人的才能。

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 Chinese, Simplified by Peiran Gao
Reviewed by An Li
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