Adhesive Climbing

Projects under this research category include:

Stickybot III developments, including new ankle and foot designs for greater maximum adhesion on smooth and micro-rough surfaces
New directional, controllable adhesives and manufacturing methods for creating them.
Climbing with wet adhesion
Tendon-inspired mechanism which passively aligns adhesives and evenly distributes loads to the entire surface of the adhesive.
StickybotIII Climbing Videos