Syntho-sis Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Spider-man Adhesive: I found this to be fascinating, just imagine the possibilities with such a device!
insane_alien Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 walking on walls isn't going to get done without one of those hydraulic exoskeletons, or at the very very least some ankle supports. thats a lot of torque your ankles would have to supply.
Syntho-sis Posted February 2, 2010 Author Posted February 2, 2010 Hmmm, quite right. I think the Japanese already have a fairly capable device for such a purpose.. Yes here it is: I wonder if all this will be made available to the public smho in time?
lucky45 Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 As far as Im aware of, there is a chemical secreated on the bottom of a geco enableing it to walk up walls and certain types of ceilings
CharonY Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 If that was the case geckos would have a hard time getting around. You are talking about the animal, right? They have hairs and pads under their soles effectively increasing their surfaces (and thus surface-surface interactions) massively.
Kerry Posted February 3, 2010 Posted February 3, 2010 CharonY is right - gecko's have lots of tiny little hairs on the bottom of their feet and "stick" to the wall via van der Waals attraction
Syntho-sis Posted February 3, 2010 Author Posted February 3, 2010 That's why this device is so interesting. It uses water tension as an adhesive..
npts2020 Posted February 3, 2010 Posted February 3, 2010 Owell, they removed the video from your link.
Sayonara Posted February 4, 2010 Posted February 4, 2010 walking on walls isn't going to get done without one of those hydraulic exoskeletons, or at the very very least some ankle supports. thats a lot of torque your ankles would have to supply. Presumably they are not proposing that the user walks at 90 degrees to the wall. I imagine this is only a speculative use of the technology, but it would clearly have to be implemented in some kind of climbing/crawling gait.
dexter4life Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) Well, i think the weight contribute in the ability for geco's to walk upside down. Edited February 5, 2010 by dexter4life Mistake
Blakelyneal Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 found the video =D http://portal.lacaterinca.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php?wp-toolbar-tourl=http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/03/cornells-switchable-adhesive-device-keeps-candy-from-falling-c/&wp-toolbar-fromurl=http://portal.lacaterinca.com/cornells-switchable-adhesive-device-keeps-candy-from-falling-could-let-you-dance-on-the-ceiling-video/&wp-toolbar-fromtitle=Cornell%E2%80%99s%20switchable%20adhesive%20device%20keeps%20candy%20from%20falling,%20could%20let%20you%20dance%20on%20the%20ceiling%20(video)&wp-toolbar-blogurl=http://portal.lacaterinca.com&wp-toolbar-blogtitle=Techno%20Portal YA! I helped =) that was pretty cool!
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