Inspired by biological attachment systems, we fabricated the honeycomb structural films with different diameters by breath figure (BF) method, which were similar to the patterned octopus suckers. The experimental results showed, besides different van der Waals forces between the polystyrene (PS) surfaces and water, another important factor; that is, different negative pressures produced by different […]

The hydrodynamic characteristics and body shape of catfish, Hypostomus, are used to design and develop an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) named ZRAUV for subsea pipeline and cable inspection. Among the hydrodynamic characteristics, stability of this bio-inspired AUV, which may be adversely affected by disturbances such as marine currents during inspection process, is taken into consideration […]