Based on comprehensive study on the interaction of a camel foot and sand, this paper summaries the characteristics of the camel foot when walking in the desert, and presentes a new type of off-road tire - bionic camel foot tire (BCFT) which takes the virtue of the camel foot. The traction properties of BCFT and those of the conventional tire are also compared in this paper. The result showes that BCFT is more efficient than the conventional tire when walking in the desert.
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