«Adhesive pads of climbing animals are a prime example of convergent evolution — where multiple species have independently, through very different evolutionary histories, arrived at the same solution to a problem. (sciencedaily.com)
Members of the research team held the device with adhesive pads during the test, but the eventual idea is to integrate the grippers into a robotic arm or leg. (sciencedaily.com)
Anne Peattie, a biologist at the University of California at Berkeley, responds: In addition to tiny claws, flies have specialized adhesive pads on their feet called pulvilli. (discovermagazine.com)