Robot climbing wall new version

The move of the lizard inspired the scientific community to create robots climbing walls. The original version has achieved some results but has not yet satisfied the scientists.

So many research groups around the world have embarked on a new version, and the team of inventors from the University of Massachusetts Amherst came to the finish line in this race. The new version, called Geckskin , adheres strongly to gripping on a wider surface. Geckskin can climb on many different surfaces such as gypsum, wood, metal, glass with a unique binder.

Physorg quotes Professor Al Crosby as saying, "Let's imagine we can put the tablet on the wall, take it to the right place to connect to the internet, read documents, and so on." It also means that no need to add nails on the wall to lose aesthetics. Al Crosby has teamed up with Duncan Ischick, a polymeric scientist, Dan King and Umass Amherst, to discuss this topic, showing how Geckskin can work vigorously on a variety of surfaces.

Inventor Umass Amhert is not based on simulating the hairs in the lizard's feet, the geckos he creates on the surface of the folds that attach to the skin, ribs, and bones.

Physorg cites Professor Dan King's explanation that the key to making strong adhesives is to fit many types of surfaces but still optimize them. In Geckskin, the team created this capability by combining soft elastomers and super-hard fabrics such as fiberglass and carbon fiber. By adjusting the relative hardness of these materials they can optimize Geckskin for a variety of applications.

The team has demonstrated their results in three versions to compare Tokay gecko live on different surfaces with very good results.