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ICRA
2007
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Directional Adhesive Structures for Controlled Climbing on Smooth Vertical Surfaces
— 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 ...
TROB
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing With Directional Adhesion
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...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
105views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Whole body adhesion: hierarchical, directional and distributed control of adhesive forces for a climbing robot
— 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...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
211views Robotics» more  ICRA 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
Climbing rough vertical surfaces with hierarchical directional adhesion
— 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...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
131views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
13 years 11 months ago
Gecko-inspired climbing behaviors on vertical and overhanging surfaces
— 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 ...