Shoe soles for the gripping robot: Searching for polymer-based materials maximising friction

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1046-1055

  Voigt, Dagmar ^a,b   Karguth, Andreas ^c   Gorb, Stanislav ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c Robotik und Automation MbH ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biomimetics; Climbing robot; Friction; Polymer; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING ROBOTS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GRIPPING DEVICES; LIGHT WEIGHT; POLYMER-BASED MATERIALS; SHOE SOLES; STIFFNESS MEASUREMENTS; THIN POLYMERIC FILMS;

ADHESION; BIOMIMETICS; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

EID: 84862670431     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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