Notes on Adhesion

• Adhesion in animal locomotion
  • ram17a describes adhesion in the context of animal locomotion as "normal forces that prevent the foot from lifting"
  • ram17a differentiates between the adhesion mechanisms of interlocking, capillary and dry mechanisms

Bibliography

• [ram17a] Pavan Ramdya, Robin Thandiackal, Raphael Cherney, Thibault Asselborn, Richard Benton, Auke Jan Ijspeert & Dario Floreano, Climbing favours the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits, Nature Communications, 8, 14494 . doi.