Controlling the motion of gas-lubricated adhesive disks using multiple vibration sources.

ABSTRACT: Robots capable of generating adhesion forces that can achieve free movement in application environments while overcoming their own gravity are a subject of interest for researchers. A robot with controllable adhesion could be useful in many engineered systems. Materials processing equipment, robots that climb walls, and pick-and-place machines are some examples. However, most adhesion methods either require a large energy supply system or are limited by the properties of the contact plane. For example, electromagnetic adhesion requires a ferromagnetic surface and pneumatic adhesion requires a flat surface. Furthermore, nearly all existing approaches are only used to generate adhesion forces and often require additional mechanisms to remove the adhesive component from the surface. In this s

SUBMITTER: Jia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10642911 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature