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electroiq.com: Inspired by the ease with which gecko lizards can move on almost any surface, researchers at Northeastern University, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Seoul National University hope to reproduce properties found in the gecko’s footpad for applications ranging from adhesives to robotic movement and navigation. The team, led by Ashkan Vaziri, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern; and Myoung-Woon Moon, of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, created nanoscale and microscale patterned surfaces with adhesion and friction properties similar to that of the gecko footpad. Asymmetric adhesion is used by many insects and gecko lizards, allowing them to move on nearly any surface - horizontal, tilted or vertical >>>