Also: Gobiesox, suckerfish, hitchhiking robot
Fish with discs that stick to rough, slimy rocks or to sharks.
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| Property | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Clingfish adhesive force | 80–230× body weight | Wainwright 2013 |
| Remora disc prototype pull-off | up to 340× own weight | Wang 2017 |
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Wainwright and colleagues found northern clingfish adhere to surfaces from fine sandpaper to very rough textures with forces 80–230 times body weight, outperforming man-made suction cups.
As reported in: Wainwright, Kleinteich, Kleinteich et al. (2013). Stick tight: suction adhesion on irregular surfaces in the northern clingfish. Biology Letters. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0234
Wang and colleagues built a remora-inspired disc with up to 340 times its own weight in pull-off force and an underwater robot that hitchhikes on surfaces.
As reported in: Wang, Yang, Chen et al. (2017). A biorobotic adhesive disc for underwater hitchhiking inspired by the remora suckerfish. Science Robotics. doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aan8072
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