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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

9. A Wall-Climbing Robot with Biomimetic Adhesive Pedrail

Authors : Xuan Wu, Dapeng Wang, Aiwu Zhao, Da Li, Tao Mei

Published in: Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS Devices

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

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.

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Metadata
Title
A Wall-Climbing Robot with Biomimetic Adhesive Pedrail
Authors
Xuan Wu
Dapeng Wang
Aiwu Zhao
Da Li
Tao Mei
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS Devices

Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-9984-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-9985-6

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9985-6_9