Gecko Robotics CEO Jake Loosararian said its wall-climbing robots can help maintain existing infrastructure, but also help to build new designs faster that will last longer and cost less.

Imagine you are at the movies and you see a Roomba-like robot climbing a wall or clinging to a ceiling. How would that work? If you are like us, you might think of suction cups or something ...

Jake Loosararian, the 33-year-old co-founder of Gecko Robotics, says he wouldn't have succeeded if he weren't willing to "go ...

The paper, by G. Gu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, and colleagues was titled, "Soft wall-climbing robots." ...

This robot is designed in the style of a tank with 2 parts, connected by a central joint. When climbing, the rear segment of the tank is responsible for preloading the front against the wall to ensure ...

Traditional robots use human-like hands or claw-like grippers to mimic how humans handle material. But Grabit has multiple patents on electroadhesion. The original focus was wall-climbing robots ...

The paper, by G. Gu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, and colleagues was titled, "Soft wall-climbing robots." ...

Disney Research and ETH Zurich teamed up to build the VertiGo — a robot that uses two tiltable propellers to help it climb up walls. Written and produced by Chelsea Pineda More from Tech ...

That's according to Jake Loosararian, the co-founder and CEO of Gecko Robotics, a tech startup that makes wall-climbing robots for jobs too dangerous for humans, like scanning the inside of a ...