2021.03.04

Arachnid Architects

Researchers decode spiders' web-building skills for use in robots

Even a spider with four short- ened legs on one side (shown here) could spin a perfect web. / FROM “SPIDER WEBS INSPIRING SOFT ROBOTICS,” BY FRITZ VOLLRATH AND THIEMO KRINK, IN JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE; NOVEMBER 11, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0569)

Even a spider with four short- ened legs on one side (shown here) could spin a perfect web. / FROM “SPIDER WEBS INSPIRING SOFT ROBOTICS,” BY FRITZ VOLLRATH AND THIEMO KRINK, IN JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE; NOVEMBER 11, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0569)

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