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<b><i>Jeffrey Winters is editor in chief of Mechanical Engineering magazine.</i></b>

Forget the skyhook. Researchers have developed a mechanism that can walk over to an object, climb on top, and hold on.

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The Creeping Claw

Forget the skyhook. Researchers have developed a mechanism that can walk over to an object, climb on top, and hold on.

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