Abstract
Octopus show great adhesion capabilities thanks to their suckers covering their ventral side of their arms. Starting from biological investigation, we identified preliminary specifications for the design of innovative artificial suction cups, which could be used in the field of soft robotics. The main features of the biological sucker are maintained as leading criteria for the choice of the actuation technology and mechanism. In this preliminary work, we focused on the imitation of the functionality of the specific muscle bundles which generate suction to obtain adhesion. Dielectric Elastomers Actuators (DEA) were identified as a suitable solution. A study on materials and manufacturing techniques was made. Different possible solutions in the use of DEA are also described. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Follador, M., Tramacere, F., Viry, L., Cianchetti, M., Beccai, L., Laschi, C., & Mazzolai, B. (2013). Octopus-inspired innovative suction cups. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 8064 LNAI, pp. 368–370). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39802-5_37
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