the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.60910007);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos.CXZZ11_0198 and BCXJ10_10).
Many animals have the natural ability to move on various surfaces,such as those having different roughness and slope substrates,or even vertical walls and ceilings.Legged animals primarily attach to surfaces using cla...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50805076, 60910007);Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (200802871043);Science Research Foundations of Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (NS2010216, NS2012014)
Spark-erosion perforating technology was used to fabricate a Cu-based template characterized by pores with radius of 0.5 mm inclined at 75°. A commercial silicone elastomer of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) with a ric...
supported by Funding for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BCXJ10-10);the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2007AA04Z201);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60910007,31070344 and 50975140)
Studying the locomotive behavior of animals has the potential to inspire the design of the mechanism and gait patterns of robots ("bio-inspired robots"). The kinematics characteristics of a spider (Ornithoctonus huwen...
supported by the Funding for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BCXJ10-10);the National Hi-Tech Research & Development Program of China (2007AA04Z201);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60910007, 50705043, 50975140 and 30700068)
The study of the movement behavior of geckos on a vertical surface, including the measurement and recording of the reaction forces as they move in different directions, plays an important role in understanding the mec...