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Soft Grippers Using Micro‐fibrillar Adhesives for Transfer Printing
Author(s) -
Song Sukho,
Sitti Metin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201400630
Subject(s) - materials science , inflatable , adhesive , transfer printing , grippers , elastomer , microfiber , composite material , soft robotics , membrane , nanotechnology , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , layer (electronics) , biology , engineering , actuator , genetics
The adhesive characteristics of fibrillar adhesives on a soft deformable membrane are reported. A soft gripper with an inflatable membrane covered by elastomer mushroom‐shaped microfibers have a superior conformation to non‐planar 3D part geometries, enabling the transfer printing of various parts serially or in parallel.
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