supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFB3400200);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant 52075038);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(grant 3212012);the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Tribology,Tsinghua University(SKLTKF20B06);the Beijing Institute of Technology Research Fund Program for Young Scholars.
Humans have long desired but never achieved the capacity to climb walls.The fundamental reason is that human hands and feet cannot climb vertical walls like geckos and bees.Animals lacking an adhesive structure can us...
The work is financially supported by the Defense Industrial Technology Development Program under the Grant JCKY2018601B106 and JCKY2017205B032.
When humans jump down from a high position,there is a risk of serious injury to the lower limbs.However,cats can jump down from the same heights without any injury because of their excellent ability to attenuate impac...
Cats are characterized by their excellent landing ability. During the landing, they extend and bend their flexible backs. This study was undertaken to examine the effect of flexible back on impact attenuation. We coll...