Friction measurement of modified PDMS surfaces inspired by Malayopython Reticulatus

• Main Authors: Mohd Danial, Ibrahim, Alyssa Asong, Ananthan, Dayang Salyani, Abang Mahmod, Sunami, Yuta, Barroy, Pierre, Chin, Christie Pei Yee, Syah Runniza, Ahmad Bakri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41781/1/Friction%20measurement%20of%20modified%20PDMS.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41781/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352573823000070?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotri.2023.100240

The lack of limbs on snakes enables its ventral scales to be in almost constant contact with the substrate. Their skin is presumably adapted to generate high and low friction to slither. This frictional characteristics in snakes were hypothesized to be contributed by the be tooth-shaped or denticle-...