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Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae
- K. Autumn, M. Sitti, +7 authors R. Full
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 27 August 2002
Geckos have evolved one of the most versatile and effective adhesives known. The mechanism of dry adhesion in the millions of setae on the toes of geckos has been the focus of scientific study for… Expand
Stretchable, Skin-Mountable, and Wearable Strain Sensors and Their Potential Applications: A Review
- Morteza Amjadi, Ki-Uk Kyung, I. Park, M. Sitti
- Materials Science
- 1 March 2016
There is a growing demand for flexible and soft electronic devices. In particular, stretchable, skin-mountable, and wearable strain sensors are needed for several potential applications including… Expand
Wing transmission for a micromechanical flying insect
- R. Fearing, K. Chiang, M. Dickinson, D. Pick, M. Sitti, J. Yan
- Engineering, Computer Science
- Proceedings ICRA. Millennium Conference. IEEE…
- 24 April 2000
Flapping wings provide unmatched manoeuvrability for flying microrobots. Recent advances in modelling insect aerodynamics show that adequate wing rotation at the end of the stroke is essential for… Expand
Controlled pushing of nanoparticles: modeling and experiments
- M. Sitti, H. Hashimoto
- Physics
- 1 June 2000
A nano-robotic manipulation system using an atomic force microscope probe as the pushing manipulator and force and topology sensor is proposed. The task is the two-dimensional positioning of… Expand
Waalbot II: Adhesion Recovery and Improved Performance of a Climbing Robot using Fibrillar Adhesives
- M. Murphy, C. Kute, Yiğit Mengüç, M. Sitti
- Engineering, Computer Science
- Int. J. Robotics Res.
- 1 January 2011
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Adhesion of biologically inspired vertical and angled polymer microfiber arrays.
- B. Aksak, M. Murphy, M. Sitti
- Materials Science, Medicine
- Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and…
- 7 February 2007
This paper proposes an approximate adhesion model for fibrillar adhesives for developing a fibrillar adhesive design methodology and compares numerical simulation adhesion results with macroscale… Expand
Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion
- Wenqi Hu, Guo Zhan Lum, M. Mastrangeli, M. Sitti
- Computer Science, Medicine
- Nature
- 1 February 2018
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Gecko-inspired directional and controllable adhesion.
The structure that allows gecko lizards and insects to climb vertical and inverted surfaces with ease has been studied extensively since the mechanism of attachment was shown to be due dominantly to… Expand
Microstructured elastomeric surfaces with reversible adhesion and examples of their use in deterministic assembly by transfer printing
- S. Kim, Jian Wu, +11 authors J. Rogers
- Materials Science, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 21 September 2010
Reversible control of adhesion is an important feature of many desired, existing, and potential systems, including climbing robots, medical tapes, and stamps for transfer printing. We present… Expand
Design methodology for biomimetic propulsion of miniature swimming robots
Miniature and energy-efficient propulsion systems hold the key to maturing the technology of swimming microrobots. In this paper, two new methods of propulsion inspired by the motility mechanism of… Expand