It is no secret that we have a lot of junk orbiting Earth. In the future, robots will be used to retrieve them. In fact, Stanford Engineers have already developed a robotic gripper with gecko-inspired adhesives to grab space debris. These adhesives only stick when load is applied to them.
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Stanford engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris
A variety of objects can be grasped using this solution. The adhesives remain sticky in challenging environments. The gripper was tested in multiple zero gravity settings.
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