三百多年前，英国有一位年轻的科学家对“八卦飞将军”蜘蛛发生了浓厚的兴趣。他经常从早到晚，目不转睛地观察蜘蛛。蜘蛛忙忙碌碌，吐丝织网，刚从蛛囊里拉出的细丝是黏液，迎风一吹，一瞬间就变成了又韧又结实的蛛丝。这位青年科学家想，要能发明一个机器蜘蛛，“吃”进化学药品，抽出晶莹的丝来纺纱织布，那该多好啊! More than 300 years ago, a young scientist from the United Kingdom had a keen interest in spiders of the Eight Diagrams Flying General. He often observes spiders intently from morning till night. The spiders were busy, spinning silk nets, and the filaments that had just been pulled out of the spider’s sac were mucous, blowing in the wind, and they turned into tough, strong spider silks in a matter of moments. The young scientist thought that it would be wonderful to invent a robotic spider, to “eat” chemicals, and to pull out crystal silk to weave spinning cloths!