Abstract
Various bio-inspired dry adhesive materials have been investigated. In this work, lithography and silicon deep etching method were used to fabricate bio-inspired micro-pillar dry adhesive materials of which the parameters, such as side length, Height to Side length Aspect Ratio (HSAR), and inter-pillar Distance to Side length Aspect Ratio (DSAR) were comprehensively studied to obtain a dry adhesive with high adhesion. An orthogonal array method was designed and a series of fabrication experiments were conducted to identify optimum parameters, which resulted in a high normal adhesion of 2.98 N·cm‒2 and a shear adhesion of 9.59 N·cm‒2. An adhesion and desorption device was further designed on basis of the optimum dry adhesive, which enables an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to successfully adhere on and detach from a ceiling. This would allow an UAV to stay aloft for prolonged time, which could be invaluable to many applications, such as energy conservation and aerial detection.
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