A NOVEL BIONIC THREE-TOED ADHESION MODULE WITH HIGH ADAPTABILITY TO COMPLEX SURFACES

Li Jiang,∗∗∗ Yi Luo∗∗,∗∗∗ , Weinan Chen,∗∗∗∗ Qilin Bi,∗ Zhihao Xu,∗∗ Xuefeng Zhou,∗∗ and Shichao Gu,∗,∗∗

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