Ardian.Jusufi@empa.ch

Media

CNN – The gecko’s most astounding maneuver has nothing to do with its sticky feet
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/02/asia/gecko-lizard-flight-robot-scn/index.html

Science
https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-gecko-smash-headfirst-tree-and-still-stick-landing

2023 | Tail does not wag the dog when it comes to agility, scientists find

Meet RightingBot, the lizard inspired robot
http://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/nature/meet-rightingbot-the-lizard-inspired-robot/

Körperdrehreflex beim Freien Fall:  “Langer Hebel für Fallende Eidechsen”
http://www.weltderphysik.de/gebiet/leben/news/2012/langer-hebel-fuer-fallende-eidechsen/

Falling Lizards Use Tail for Mid-Air Twist, Inspiring Lizard-Like ‘RightingBot’
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120701191641.htm

RightingBot ability inspired by lizards
http://www.robaid.com/bionics/rightingbot-landing-ability-inspired-by-lizards.htm

Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges.
Mongeau, McRea, Jusufi et al. (2012) PLoS ONE 7(6): e38003.

Article by LA Times
The trick that geckos and cockroaches taught a robot

Article from The New York Times
It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. No, It’s a Flying Snake.

When a Sticky Gecko Starts to Slip, Its Tail Comes to the Rescue
Click here to view article at Observatory, The New York Times

Acrobatic Geckos Steer with Tails
Video by New Scientist

Nature inspires flying machines
Click here to view the article at MSNBC

Leaping lizards! Jurassic Park got it right
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.9736