Bionic Design for Mars Sampling Scoop Inspired by Himalayan Marmot Claw

Cave animals are often adapted to digging and life underground, with claw toes similar in structure and function to a sampling scoop. In this paper, the clawed toes of the Himalayan marmot were selected as a biological prototype for bionic research. Based on geometric parameter optimization of the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Long Xue, Rong Rong Zhang, Wei Zong, Jia Feng Song, Meng Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5713683