Robert Full

Seven meters above the ground, Max Planck research group leader Ardian Jusufi observed a gecko glide off a tree and crash headfirst into another tree at 13 miles per hour.

UC Berkeley researchers recently analyzed the agility and learning curves of the fox squirrels that frequent campus’s Eucalyptus Grove and observed how those traits could be applied to engineering efforts.

UC Berkeley researchers have created an insect-sized robot with the speed of a cockroach and the agility of a cheetah to potentially assist search and rescue missions. 

Geckos use their toes to counteract the force of gravity and travel on nearly any surface in any direction, campus researchers found in a recent study.

About 5 centimeters long, the flat-tailed house gecko may not have previously been considered a superhero, but a team of researchers that recently discovered its ability to run on water is calling it just that.

UC Berkeley researchers were able to use robots to mimic the swift maneuver of cockroaches, building on a study done in 2016 about reflecting the behavior of cockroaches in robots.

Nine UC Berkeley professors will join 234 other campus faculty in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, it was announced Wednesday.

A team of UC Berkeley researchers has turned to the quick and dirty cockroach to develop a fast and potentially life-saving robot.