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A robotic device using gecko-inspired adhesives can grasp and manipulate large objects in microgravity

Hao Jiang,* Elliot. W. Hawkes, Christine Fuller, Matthew A. Estrada, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Neil Abcouwer, Amy K. Han, Shiquan Wang, Christopher J. Ploch, Aaron Parness, Mark R. Cutkosky

*Corresponding author. Email: jianghao{at}stanford.edu

Published 28 June 2017, Sci. Robot. 2, eaan4545 (2017)
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan4545

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Other Supplementary Material for this manuscript includes the following:

• Movie S1 (mp4 format). The force and moment limit surface of a four-unit flat gripper in the x-z (shear-normal) plane.
• Movie S2 (mp4 format). The force and moment limit surface of a four-unit flat gripper in the y-z (shear-normal) plane.
• Movie S3 (mp4 format). The force and moment limit surface of a four-unit flat gripper in the x-y (shear) plane.
• Movie S4 (mp4 format). The force and moment limit surface of a two-unit curved gripper in the x-z (shear-normal) plane.
• Movie S5 (mp4 format). The force and moment limit surface of a two-unit curved gripper in the y-z (shear-normal) plane.
• Movie S6 (mp4 format). The force and moment limit surface of a two-unit curved gripper in the x-y shear plane.
• Movie S7 (mp4 format). Demonstration of the 2D and 3D floating tests of the grippers.