Soldiers could soon ditch ropes and climbing gear to scale that next wall in exchange for hand held pads designed after a gecko's feet. The Pentagon's top research arm has started a program called ...

Geckos are likely better climbers than any other animal, so it's no surprise that a number of researchers have tried to copy that ability via man-made technology. One group, from Stanford University, ...

Three frames from a video (below) showing a 70 kg climber ascending a 3.7 m vertical glass surface using a synthetic adhesion system with degressive load-sharing and gecko-inspired adhesives.Even ...

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an adhesive that is the first to master the easy attach and easy release of the reptile’s padded feet. The material could prove ...

Researchers have used a variety of technologies to give robots the ability to climb walls, such as magnets, rolling seals and electro-adhesive properties. But when it comes to wall-climbing robots its ...

The Greek philosopher Aristotle once questioned how a gecko could climb different surfaces. The answer, uncovered 2,000 years later, is weak intermolecular forces called Van der Waals forces. The ...