Carnegie Mellon University

Max-planck-gesellschaft Zur F&#xf6;rderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.

Nanogriptech, Inc.

University of California

Texas Tech University System

Setex Technologies, Inc.

Metin Sitti

Burak Aksak

Michael Patrick Murphy

Guo Zhan Lum

Zhou Ye

Seok Kim

Eric Diller

Paul Samuel Glass

Shuhei Miyashita

Carmel Majidi

Hoyong Chung

Ronald S Fearing

Sehyuk Yim

Newell Raymond Washburn

Dirk-Michael Drotlef

Luciano Castillo

Hakan Ceylan

Yigit Mengüç

Immihan Ceren Yasa

Sukho Song

Wenqi Hu

Xiaoguang Dong

Massimo Mastrangeli

Donghoon Son

Michael Murphy

Dry adhesives and methods for forming dry adhesives. A method of forming a dry adhesive structure on a backing material, comprises: forming a template backing layer of energy sensitive material on the backing material; forming a template layer of energy sensitive material on the template backing layer; exposing the template layer to a predetermined pattern of energy; removing a portion of the template layer related to the predetermined pattern of energy, and leaving a template structure formed from energy sensitive material and connected to the substrate via the template backing layer.

Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives

A method of fabricating a shape-changeable magnetic member comprising a plurality of segments with each segment being able to be magnetized with a desired magnitude and orientation of magnetization, to a method of producing a shape changeable magnetic member composed of a plurality of segments and to a shape changeable magnetic member.

Method of fabricating a shape-changeable magnetic member, method of producing a shape changeable magnetic member and shape changeable magnetic member

The invention relates to a method of simultaneously calibrating magnetic actuation and sensing systems for a workspace, wherein the actuation system comprises a plurality of magnetic actuators and the sensing system comprises a plurality of magnetic sensors, wherein all the measured data is fed into a calibration model, wherein the calibration model is based on a sensor measurement model and a magnetic actuation model, and wherein a solution of the model parameters is found via a numerical solver order to calibrate both the actuation and sensing systems at the same time.

Simultaneous calibration method for magnetic localization and actuation systems

This invention identifies important geometric parameters of an adhesive microfiber with mushroom-shaped tip for improving and optimizing adhesive ability. The magnitude of pull-off stress is dependent on a wedge angle &#x3b3; and the ratio of the tip radius to the stalk radius &#x3b2; of the mushroom-shaped fiber. Pull-off stress is also found to depend on a dimensionless parameter x, the ratio of the fiber radius to a length-scale related to the dominance of adhesive stress. Finally, the shape of edge tip, where the surface and sides of the mushroom-shaped tip join, is a factor that impacts strength of adhesion. Optimizing ranges for these parameters are identified.

Microfibers with mushroom-shaped tips for optimal adhesion

The present invention relates to a gripping apparatus comprising a membrane; a flexible housing; with said membrane being fixedly connected to a periphery of the housing. The invention further relates to a method of producing a gripping apparatus.

Gripping apparatus and method of producing a gripping apparatus

The invention relates to a method for producing a structure with spatial encoded functionality, the method comprising:

Method for producing a structure with spatial encoded functionality

The present invention relates to a method of actuating a shape changeable member of actuatable material. The invention further relates to a shape changeable member and to a system comprising such a shape changeable member and a magnetic field apparatus.

Method of actuating a shape changeable member, shape changeable member and actuating system

An aerodynamic or hydrodynamic wall surface has an array of fibrillar structures disposed on and extending from the wall surface, wherein each fibrillar structure comprises a stalk and a tip. The stalk has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the wall surface, and the stalk is oriented with respect to the wall surface at a stalk angle between approximately 1 degrees and 179 degrees. The tip has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is attached proximate to the second end of the stalk, the tip has a larger cross-sectional area than the stalk, and the second side comprises a substantially planar surface that is oriented with respect to the stalk at a tip angle between approximately 0 degrees and 90 degrees.

Fibrillar structures to reduce viscous drag on aerodynamic and hydrodynamic wall surfaces

A dry adhesive and a method of forming a dry adhesive. The method includes forming an opening through an etch layer and to a barrier layer, expanding the opening in the etch layer at the barrier layer, filling the opening with a material, removing the barrier layer from the material in the opening, and removing the etch layer from the material in the opening.

The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a shape-changeable magnetic member comprising a plurality of segments with each segment being able to be magnetized with a desired magnitude and orientation of magnetization, to a method of producing a shape changeable magnetic member composed of a plurality of segments and to a shape changeable magnetic member.

A method for reversibly attaching a phase changing metal to an object, the method comprising the steps of:

Method and device for reversibly attaching a phase changing metal to an object

Methods of forming dry adhesives including a method of making a dry adhesive including applying a liquid polymer to the second end of the stem, molding the liquid polymer on the stem in a mold, wherein the mold includes a recess having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the second end of the stem, curing the liquid polymer in the mold to form a tip at the second end of the stem, wherein the tip includes a second layer stem; corresponding to the recess in the mold, and removing the tip from the mold after the liquid polymer cures.

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