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A prototype of a wall-climbing robot with gecko-mimic adhesive pedrails was developed to demonstrate the adhesive ability of micron adhesive arrays. The robot has two parallel pedrails driven by a DC motor. The outside surfaces of the pedrails were covered by gecko-mimic adhesive hair arrays made by polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). A two-step template method was used to fabricate gecko-mimic adhesive array in which the hair density, diameter, and length could be adjusted independently. A tail was fixed at the rear of the robot to provide preload for adhesion. Experiment results show that the robot has the ability to climb on vertical wall.
This work is supported by National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB302100 and 2006CB300407).
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Wu, X., Wang, D., Zhao, A., Da Li, Mei, T. (2013). A Wall-Climbing Robot with Biomimetic Adhesive Pedrail. In: Zhang, D. (eds) Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS Devices. Microsystems, vol 23. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9985-6_9
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