Microspine Design for Additive Manufacturing
Paul Nadan,Dinesh K. Patel,Catherine Pavlov,Spencer Backus,Aaron M. Johnson,Paul Nadan,Dinesh K. Patel,Catherine Pavlov,Spencer Backus,Aaron M. Johnson
Microspine grippers allow robots to ascend steep rocky slopes and cliff faces, enabling scientific exploration of exposed strata on Earth and other solar system bodies. Historically, the Shape Deposition Manufacturing (SDM) process has been used to fabricate multi-material suspensions for load-sharing among multiple microspines. We instead apply the Hybrid Deposition Manufacturing (HDM) process to...
