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Bat-like robot clings to tree
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
|Issue 80
Researchers have developed a special robot that can fly into trees and cling on.
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Despite its bat-like appearance, the machine's landing strategy was inspired by geckos (a type of small lizard), which crash head-first into trees then rotate their bodies to cling on.
This story is from the Issue 80 edition of The Week Junior Science+Nature UK.
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