Studying Stickiness: Methods, Trade-Offs, and Perspectives in Measuring Reversible Biological Adhesion and Friction.

Biomimetics (Basel) · 2022 · PMC9496521 · PMID 36134938

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While the study clearly showed a decreasing trend in adhesive force over multiple trials due to foot damage, it underestimated the adhesive capacity of the gecko by more than a factor of 30.

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