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Video: Gecko-inspired robot goes vertical

The climbing robot from Stanford University doesn't have sticky feet at all. Instead, Stickybot relies on gecko-inspired technology to scale walls. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi visits with the little creature and learns that one day this tech may also enable us to climb like Spider-Man...err, Gecko-Man.

2 minutes 31 seconds

April 1, 2008 4:51 PM PDT

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