Properties validation of an anisotropic dry adhesion designed for legged climbing robots

2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1906-1911

  Li, Y ^a   Sameoto, D ^a   Menon, C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION MECHANISMS; ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIORS; CLIMBING ROBOTS; DRY ADHESION; DRY ADHESIVE; LOADING ORIENTATION; SAMPLE THICKNESS;

ADHESION; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 77951462196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.5420536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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