Using design principles inspired by the nanoscopic hairs on the gecko, UC Berkeley researchers and colleagues have created a novel microfiber array which has very high friction but is not “sticky”.
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car tires, drive on solar panels
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http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ronf/Gecko/prl-friction.html
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