About the Authors

Jean-Michel Mongeau

jmmongeau@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Brian McRae

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Ardian Jusufi

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Paul Birkmeyer

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Aaron M. Hoover

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Ronald Fearing

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Robert J. Full

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMM BM RF RJF. Performed the experiments: JMM BM AJ PB AMH. Analyzed the data: JMM BM AJ PB. Wrote the paper: JMM RJF.