自然界中攀爬动物可以从一个近似竖直的斜面跳跃，并安全地着陆于另一个倾斜表面。与普通的地面着陆不同，为了在倾斜面着陆，特别是陡峭的倾斜面(倾斜角≥60°)，动物不但需要缓解着陆瞬间的接触冲击力，同时要确保不会被冲击力反弹而脱离倾斜面，从而导致斜面着陆的失败。本项目拟以具有不同附着机制(黏附垫附着和钩爪附着)的壁虎为实验对象，开展壁虎斜面着陆模式及其形态结构(体型差异、附着机制差异、是否断尾)的适应机制研究。通过搭建适于研究不同壁虎斜面着陆过程的行为力学测试平台；测试起跳与着陆相对空间位置(高度、间距、斜度)变化时，动物着陆运动姿态的应对策略以及各步足的接触反力；揭示动物斜面着陆运动模式与形态结构的匹配机制。项目的完成将为动物行为学、仿生学、功能形态学等研究提供新的理论依据及方法支持。既有助于推动生物学家关于动物运动功能的进化研究，亦可为工程师研制新型仿生机器人提供灵感。

In nature, climbing animals can jump from an approximately vertical incline, and then land on other incline safely. Different from landing at ground, landing on steep incline whose angle is greater than or equal to 60 ° require animals not only to relieve the landing impacts, but also to keep themselves from being pulled from the substrate by the rebounds, which results in attachment failure. The project intends to carry out experiment with geckos, which have different attachment mechanisms (adhesion pad or claw), to study the adaptation mechanisms between their landing modes and morphological structures, such as somatotypes and tails. A suitable mechanical testing system will be built to investigate the adjusting strategies applied by geckos and the reaction forces at geckos’ feet when they jump and land at different positions, e.g. different heights, distances and angles, revealing the matching mechanism between the landing patterns and the morphological structures of animals. The findings of this project may provide theory and methodology supports to research the ethology, bionics and morphology of animals, not only helping to push biologist’s researches of locomotion evolution forward, but also providing inspirations for engineers to develop new bionic robots.