Multi-Scale Compliant Foot Designs and Fabrication for Use with a Spider-Inspired Climbing Robot

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-196

  Sameoto, Dan ^a   Li, Yasong ^a   Menon, Carlo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

biomimetics; climbing robot; dry adhesive; gecko; MEMS; silicone

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADHESIVES; BIOMIMETICS; CURING; DRYING; FIBERS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MECHANISMS; MOLDS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SILICONES; SPACE RESEARCH; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BIO-MIMETIC; CLIMBING ROBOT; CLIMBING ROBOTS; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; DRY ADHESIVE; DRY ADHESIVES; FABRICATION METHODS; FOOT DESIGN; GECKO; GECKO FEET; HIGH-STRENGTH; LOW-MODULUS; MACRO SCALES; MEMS; MICRO SCALES; MULTI SCALING; NANO SCALING; SILICONE; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION; THICK PHOTORESISTS; VAN DER WAALS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 53049089359     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60024-4     Document Type: Article

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