New Insights on the Control and Function of Octopus Suckers

New Insights on the Control and Function of Octopus Suckers

Octopuses utilize their suckers for a myriad of functions such as chemo‐ and mechanosensing, exploring and manipulating objects, anchoring the body during crawling, and navigating through narrow passages. The sucker attachment mechanism grants the octopus the ability to perform many of these tasks....

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Main Authors: Hosain Bagheri, Anna Hu, Sheldon Cummings, Cayla Roy, Rachel Casleton, Ashley Wan, Nicole Erjavic, Spring Berman, Matthew M. Peet, Daniel M. Aukes, Ximin He, Stephen C. Pratt, Rebecca E. Fisher, Hamid Marvi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:Advanced Intelligent Systems
Subjects:
adhesion
centralized control
distributed control
soft robotics
suction
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.201900154

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