— Recent biological research suggests that reliable, agile climbing on smooth vertical surfaces requires controllable adhesion. In nature, geckos control adhesion by properly loa...
Daniel Santos, Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Aaron ...
Stickybot is a bio-inspired robot that climbs smooth vertical surfaces such as glass, plastic and ceramic tile at 4 cm/s. The robot employs several design principles adapted from t...
Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Salomon Trujillo, Bar...
— We describe the design and control of a new bio-inspired climbing robot designed to scale smooth vertical surfaces using directional adhesive materials. The robot, called Stick...
Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Salomon Trujillo, Bar...
— Prior research in biology and mechanics has shown the importance of hierarchy to the performance of dry adhesive systems on rough surfaces. The gecko utilizes several levels of...
Alan T. Asbeck, Sanjay Dastoor, Aaron Parness, Lau...
— The adhesive and frictional properties of dry adhesive materials can be described by a three-dimensional limit surface in the space of normal and tangential contact forces at t...
Daniel Santos, Barrett Heyneman, Sangbae Kim, Noe ...