Rolling of a cylinder induced by electro-adhesive forces
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2025. “Rolling of a Cylinder Induced by Electro-Adhesive Forces”. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 77
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Electro-adhesive forces are widely used in robotics, for applications such as gripping, climbing and creating motion. We show, by theoretical analysis and computational modeling, that an electro-adhesive torque can be generated by breaking the symmetry between the electric field and the geometry of the two surfaces.