Standout Papers

Frictional adhesion: a new angle on gecko attachment 2006 2026 2012 2019 480
  1. Frictional adhesion: a new angle on gecko attachment (2006)
    Kellar Autumn, Andrew Dittmore et al. Journal of Experimental Biology
  2. Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing With Directional Adhesion (2008)
    Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko et al. IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  3. Perching and takeoff of a robotic insect on overhangs using switchable electrostatic adhesion (2016)
    Moritz A. Graule, Pakpong Chirarattananon et al. Science

Immediate Impact

50 from Science/Nature 104 standout
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Works of Matthew Spenko being referenced

Perching and takeoff of a robotic insect on overhangs using switchable electrostatic adhesion
2016 StandoutScience
Whole body adhesion: hierarchical, directional and distributed control of adhesive forces for a climbing robot
2007

Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Matthew Spenko 1224 1359 295 830 63 2.7k
Giuseppe Carbone 1270 1305 103 1109 236 3.7k
Elliot W. Hawkes 484 2501 315 1765 62 3.6k
Nick Gravish 774 782 431 572 65 2.3k
Shmuel M. Rubinstein 847 771 57 691 61 2.9k
Basile Audoly 848 1178 62 1656 87 3.7k
Federico Bosia 656 1349 241 636 116 2.6k
Hongwei Zhao 1145 1592 655 2143 313 5.2k
Hans Nørgaard Hansen 703 1987 81 2880 213 4.6k
Chaofeng Lü 608 1867 123 790 115 3.0k
O. Burak Özdoğanlar 381 1844 51 1546 103 3.6k

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