The scientists were inspired by the way natural organisms, such as octopuses, can stick to rocks with their suckers.
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00:05 We know that in nature there's so many soft body organisms, for example,
00:09 octopuses and snails and some kind of fishes.
00:12 They can adaptively suck onto irregular surfaces, for example,
00:18 the rocks on seashore and some kind of shells.
00:21 So we get the bio-inspiration from these creatures.
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00:33 Obviously, previous suction cups cannot adhere to complex surfaces
00:37 and highly curved or rough surfaces.
00:40 So this kind of suction cup addresses this problem.
00:44 So it can strongly adhere to complex surfaces, for example,
00:49 rocks, wood and some unstructured objects.
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