Functionally different pads on the same foot allow control of attachment: Stick insects have load-sensitive "heel" pads for friction and shear-sensitive "toe" pads for adhesion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Labonte, David ^a   Federle, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AROLIUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; EUPLANTULA; FOOT PAD; FORCE; FRICTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEEL PAD; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PHASMATODEA; PULLING FORCE; SHEAR FORCE; STANDING; TOE PAD;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXTREMITIES; FRICTION; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84892592267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081943     Document Type: Article

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