Gecko

Adhesion and friction in gecko toe attachment and detachment

Yu Tian, Noshir S. Pesika, Hongbo Zeng, Kenny Rosenberg, Boxin Zhao, Patricia McGuiggan, Kellar Autumn, Jacob N. Israelachvili

Citations: 651 • 2006

Carbon nanotube-based synthetic gecko tapes

Liehui Ge, Sunny Sethi, Lijie Ci, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Ali Dhinojwala

Citations: 438 • 2007

A Soft Robotic Gripper With Gecko-Inspired Adhesive

Paul E. Glick, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Donald Ruffatto, Mark R. Cutkosky, Michael T. Tolley, Aaron Parness

Citations: 372 • 2018

A robotic device using gecko-inspired adhesives can grasp and manipulate large objects in microgravity

Hao Jiang, Elliot W. Hawkes, Christine Fuller, Matthew A. Estrada, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Neil Abcouwer, Amy Kyungwon Han, Shiquan Wang, Christopher J. Ploch, Aaron Parness, Mark R. Cutkosky

Citations: 322 • 2017

A microfabricated wedge-shaped adhesive array displaying gecko-like dynamic adhesion, directionality and long lifetime

Aaron Parness, Daniel Soto, Noé Esparza, Nick Gravish, Matt Wilkinson, Kellar Autumn, Mark R. Cutkosky

Citations: 273 • 2009

Active tails enhance arboreal acrobatics in geckos

Ardian Jusufi, Daniel I. Goldman, Shai Revzen, Robert J. Full

Citations: 250 • 2008

Gecko Inspired Surface Climbing Robots

Carlo Menon, Michael Murphy, Metin Sitti

Citations: 222 • 2005

Towards the Next Level of Bioinspired Dry Adhesives: New Designs and Applications

Moon Kyu Kwak, Changhyun Pang, Hoon‐Eui Jeong, Hong Nam Kim, Hyunsik Yoon, Ho‐Sup Jung, Kahp‐Yang Suh

Citations: 185 • 2011

Geckobot: a gecko inspired climbing robot using elastomer adhesives

Özgür Ünver, Ali Uneri, Ayşe Zeynep Aydemir, Metin Sitti

Citations: 165 • 2006

Gecko‐Inspired Dry Adhesive for Robotic Applications

Jing Yu, Sathya Chary, Saurabh Das, John Tamelier, Noshir S. Pesika, Kimberly L. Turner, Jacob N. Israelachvili

Citations: 153 • 2011

From grasping to manipulation with gecko-inspired adhesives on a multifinger gripper

Wilson Ruotolo, Dane Brouwer, Mark R. Cutkosky

Citations: 148 • 2021

Gecko inspired micro-fibrillar adhesives for wall climbing robots on micro/nanoscale rough surfaces

Burak Aksak, Michael Murphy, Metin Sitti

Citations: 144 • 2008

Directional adhesion for climbing: theoretical and practical considerations

Daniel Santos, Matthew Spenko, Aaron Parness, Sangbae Kim, Mark R. Cutkosky

Citations: 143 • 2007

Adhesion and Friction Force Coupling of Gecko Setal Arrays:  Implications for Structured Adhesive Surfaces

Boxin Zhao, Noshir S. Pesika, Kenny Rosenberg, Yu Tian, Hongbo Zeng, Patricia McGuiggan, Kellar Autumn, Jacob N. Israelachvili

Citations: 127 • 2007

Bioinspired footed soft robot with unidirectional all-terrain mobility

Xin Wang, Baisong Yang, Di Tan, Qian Li, Bin Song, Zhong‐Shuai Wu, Aránzazu del Campo, Michael Kappl, Zuankai Wang, Stanislav N. Gorb, Sheng Liu, Longjian Xue

Citations: 122 • 2020

The Gecko’s Toe: Scaling Directional Adhesives for Climbing Applications

Elliot W. Hawkes, Eric V. Eason, Alan T. Asbeck, Mark R. Cutkosky

Citations: 113 • 2012

Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures for future wall-climbing robots

Metin Sitti, Ronald S. Fearing

Citations: 108 • 2004

Fibrillar Elastomeric Micropatterns Create Tunable Adhesion Even to Rough Surfaces

Viktoriia Barreau, René Hensel, Nathalie K. Guimard, A. K. Ghatak, Robert M. McMeeking, Eduard Arzt

Citations: 103 • 2016

Switchable Adhesion for Nonflat Surfaces Mimicking Geckos’ Adhesive Structures and Toe Muscles

Shuai Li, Hongmiao Tian, Jinyou Shao, Haoran Liu, Duorui Wang, Weitian Zhang

Citations: 101 • 2020

Gecko-Inspired Dry Adhesive Based on Micro–Nanoscale Hierarchical Arrays for Application in Climbing Devices

Hemant Kumar Raut, Avinash Baji, Hassan Hariri, Hashina Parveen, Gim Song Soh, Hong Yee Low, Kristin L. Wood

Citations: 100 • 2017