Frictional adhesion: a new angle on gecko attachment

By Kellar Autumn, Andrew Dittmore, Daniel Santos, Matthew Spenko, Mark R. Cutkosky. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2006

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Directional adhesion for climbing: theoretical and practical considerations (2007, methodology): “The first tests performed on the DPS were similar to the tests performed on single gecko setae and arrays of setae [4, 6] specifically looking at the normal and tangential characteristics of the DPS.”
Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing With Directional Adhesion (2008, methodology): “an effect that is enhanced by peeling the toes in “digital hyperextension” [4].”
Biologically inspired climbing with a hexapedal robot (2008, methodology): “To climb vertically, the RiSE robot takes advantage of its unique body design and foot attachment mechanisms to generate ground reaction forces that approximate those observed in biological climbers (Autumn, Hsieh, et al., 2006; Goldman et al., 2006).”
Inspiration from the natural world: from bio-adhesives to bio-inspired adhesives (2014, background): “van der Waals or dry adhesion Abalone [186] Gecko [24] Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 293”
Recent advances in gecko adhesion and friction mechanisms and development of gecko-inspired dry adhesive surfaces (2013, background): “It is also important to note that the biomechanics of a gecko walking on a surface reveals the use of a particular configuration, a Y-shaped geometry/configuration [1, 20, 52].”
Peel-Zone Model of Tape Peeling Based on the Gecko Adhesive System (2007, background): “This peel angle is also consistent with the ‘frictional adhesion’ model proposed by Autumn et al. [Autumn et al., 2006b], which states that € F|| ≥ − F⊥ tanα* where € α* is the critical detachment angle of the setae.”