ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2017
Anchoring like octopus: biologically inspired soft artificial sucker.
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- Design and Sensing Frameworks of Soft Octopus-Inspired Grippers Toward Artificial Intelligence.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Octopus-Inspired Biomimetic Annular Sealing Grooves: Design and Performance Optimization Under Extreme Conditions.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bioinspired surface structures for added shear stabilization in suction discs.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Classification and Evaluation of Octopus-Inspired Suction Cups for Soft Continuum Robots.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Advanced Bionic Attachment Equipment Inspired by the Attachment Performance of Aquatic Organisms: A Review.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Advances in Hemostatic Hydrogels That Can Adhere to Wet Surfaces.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Soft Robots for Ocean Exploration and Offshore Operations: A Perspective.Soft robotics · 2021Article
- Limpet II: A Modular, Untethered Soft Robot.Soft robotics · 2021Article
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- Highly Adaptable and Biocompatible Octopus-Like Adhesive Patches with Meniscus-Controlled Unfoldable 3D Microtips for Underwater Surface and Hairy Skin.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2018Article
- Capability by Stacking: The Current Design Heuristic for Soft Robots.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
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Abstract
This paper presents a robotic anchoring module, a sensorized mechanism for attachment to the environment that can be integrated into robots to enable or enhance various functions such as robot mobility, remaining on location or its ability to manipulate objects. The body of the anchoring module consists of two portions with a mechanical stiffness transition from hard to soft. The hard portion is capable of containing vacuum pressure used for actuation while the soft portion is highly conformable to create a seal to contact surfaces. The module is integrated with a single sensory unit which exploits a fibre-optic sensing principle to seamlessly measure proximity and tactile information for use in robot motion planning as well as measuring the state of firmness of its anchor. In an experiment, a variable set of physical loads representing the weights of potential robot bodies were attached to the module and its ability to maintain the anchor was quantified under constant and variable vacuum pressure signals. The experiment shows the effectiveness of the module in quantifying the state of firmness of the anchor and discriminating between different amounts of physical loads attached to it. The proposed anchoring module can enable many industrial and medical applications where attachment to environment is of crucial importance for robot control.
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