Mark Cutkosky is Fletcher Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. Here he discusses climbing robots and how they can take their cue from nature. The Royal Society hosted a worldwide scientific discussion meeting on 'Bioinspiration of new technologies' on Wednesday 27 May 2015, 8:30 am-6:00 pm, live video streamed from the Royal Society, London. Read more on the website: royalsociety.org/events/2015/05/bioinspiration-of-new-technologies/