"Floating through space, a robot crawls along a space station. The skin covering the robot's parts lets it stick to the metal like a gecko sticks to a tree. This is not science fiction--it is science fact, the product of a long process of observation, study, and mimicry of the animal world. In [this book], readers will learn the story of Geckskin and five other technologies inspired by reptiles and insects"--Back cover.
