Artificial Tribotactic Microscopic Walkers: Walking Based on Friction Gradients

Friction, the resistive force between two surfaces sliding past each other, is at the core of a wide diversity of locomotion schemes. While such schemes are well described for homogeneous environments, locomotion based on friction in inhomogeneous environments has not received much attention. Here w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Steimel, Joshua P., Alexander-Katz, Alfredo, Aragones Gomez, Juan Luis
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91151
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