In a few years, the exterior of the International Space Station could be crawling with geckos. It’s not an alien invasion, or the plot of a low-budget sci-fi movie. The robotic geckos could follow ...

The tiny legged prototype could be the forerunner of automatons which crawl along the hulls of spacecraft, cleaning and maintaining them, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. Its footpads are covered ...

Inspired by the gecko, scientists have developed a tank-like robot that can scale vertical walls and crawl over ledges without using suction cups, glue or other liquid bonds to adhere to the surface.

NASA engineers say they've turned to nature – and to the super-sticky feet of geckos – to design robots that may some day climb around the outside of the International Space Station. Using a "gecko ...

A WALL-CRAWLING robot inspired by the gecko could mark a new chapter in which automatons crawl along the hulls of spacecraft. The tiny legged prototype could be the forerunner of automatons which ...