Bankrupt Trying to Make Artificial Spider Silk

gecko's
spatula-tipped
toes, bot tries to
make a foray into
a similar terrain, the
bot's limbs mimic gecko's
anatomy, but moves at a snail's
pace, bot's toes aren't self-cleaning
like the gecko's, bots rapidly clog with
dirt, real-world surveillance applications

velco
copyrighted
in 1948 to mimic
the way cockleburs
cling to a dog's fur, trying
to mimic gecko adhesion

biomimetic bot
embedded a tendon
of polyester, preacher
arms deployed for the grab,
clash with time-consuming nature,
the power of authentic spider silk leaving
the bot powerless understanding why biomimetics
mimic the things they do; can we really ever transform
these structures with true utility in the real world?

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