Insects did it first: A micropatterned adhesive tape for robotic applications

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a   Sinha, Mitali ^a   Peressadko, Andrei ^a   Daltorio, Kathryn A ^b   Quinn, Roger D ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE PROPERTIES; APPARENT CONTACT AREA; MATERIAL SURFACE; OPTICAL QUALITIES; POLYMER MATERIALS; PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPES; ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS; WALL CLIMBING ROBOT;

DEBONDING; GLASS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

OPTICAL GLASS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGICAL TAPE;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOOT; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; SURGICAL TAPE;

COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 36549038122     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/2/4/S01     Document Type: Conference Paper

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