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As is well known, geckos sell car insurance.
眾所周知格柯斯公司銷(xiāo)售的是車(chē)險(xiǎn)。
But they’re also famous for their extremely adhesive feet, which can keep them stuck to walls and even ceilings.
而壁虎因?yàn)槠滹w檐走壁的腳出名，這使得它們黏在墻面甚至房頂上。
Archimedes wondered how they do it.
阿基米德就曾經(jīng)很好奇它們是如何做到的。
Geckos can also easily loosen their grip and break into a dash, which has flummoxed physicists.
壁虎也能輕易松懈自己的抓力然后突然掉下，這就使很多物理學(xué)家們困惑不解。
But scientific stick-to-itiveness finally found the on-off switch.
但是科學(xué)堅(jiān)持不懈的品質(zhì)使得科學(xué)家們最終發(fā)現(xiàn)了壁虎身上的秘密。
Geckos’ toes are covered in thousands of tiny hairs called setae.
壁虎的腳趾上面有著被稱(chēng)為剛毛的成千上萬(wàn)小毛發(fā)狀結(jié)構(gòu)。
These setae can bend to make contact with all the grooves and crevices in a surface.
剛毛可以彎曲與表面上的所有溝壑與裂縫進(jìn)行連接。
To adhere, the setae rely on small electromagnetic attractions between molecules called van der Waals forces.
為了具有粘附性，剛毛依靠的是分子間被稱(chēng)為范德華力的力產(chǎn)生的微弱電磁吸引力。
Researchers created mathematical models that revealed that the default for gecko feet is non-sticky.
研究人員因此構(gòu)建了數(shù)學(xué)模型用于揭開(kāi)壁虎腳趾平常不具有粘性的這個(gè)秘密。
To activate the grip, the lizards extend and angle their setae to create millions of contact points with a surface.
為了緊抓住平面，蜥蜴伸展并且彎曲剛毛 以便產(chǎn)生和表面的數(shù)以百萬(wàn)計(jì)接觸點(diǎn)。
The research is in the Journal of Applied Physics.
這項(xiàng)研究已經(jīng)在《應(yīng)用物理學(xué)》雜志上發(fā)表。
Scientists would love to create synthetic adhesives based on the gecko trick.
科學(xué)家們很樂(lè)意根據(jù)壁虎的這一特點(diǎn)合成粘合劑。
Perhaps by harnessing the power of setae, robots could climb walls, and stick or unstick without expending much energy, just as the gecko does.
或許通過(guò)對(duì)于剛毛的駕馭，機(jī)器人也能就像壁虎那樣不必消耗能量就能進(jìn)行爬墻，粘住或者打開(kāi)等動(dòng)作。
