BIRTH Lab looks to nature to inspire better robots
Fulton Schools
Above: Hosain Bagheri, a doctoral student working in the Bio-Inspired Robotics, Technology and Healthcare (BIRTH) Lab explains the setae-inspired structures the lab is developing to achieve switchable adhesion for space robotics. The pictured apparatus is designed to test friction and adhesion of these tiny, synthetic fibrillar structures in a vacuum as well as at extreme temperatures for use in space exploration. The technology draws inspiration from setae — small, hair-like protrusions on geck