DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A BIONIC ADHESIVE FOOT FOR GECKO ROBOT CLIMBING THE CEILING

Zhiwei Yu, Ye Shi, Jiaxing Xie, Simon X. Yang, and Zhendong Dai

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