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Last year he and his team made a break-through by building a prototype enabling them to remotely climb up walls and around pipes.
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On a vacation tour through India in 2001 the pair batted around a dozen ideas for startups (including a device allowing people to climb up walls without ropes), though vending seemed to have the most potential.
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The robot (or snailbot) is comprised of moveable segments that ripple on top of a thin layer of synthetic snail sludge, and, just like its living counterpart, is able to climb up walls and stick to ceilings.
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His research has resulted in the development of the first self-cleaning, dry adhesive and a number of gecko-like robots, including Stickybot, a mechanized lizard developed by Stanford University engineers that can climb up windows and walls using its own adhesive appendages.
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"We've demonstrated their versatility, but I want to see a robot that can climb over rubble, up walls and wriggle through gaps, where the environment isn't controlled, " he said.
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Splash the water near the vines (not directly on them) to guide their growth up and over walls and buildings. then use them to climb about very Prince of Persia.
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