IP Library Granted Patent US 12678978
Granted Patent B2
US 12678978 · App. 18/564,430 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Adhesion device and robot

Inventors: Hao Jiang (Santa Clara, CA); Wenbin Li (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignees: SHANGHAI FLEXIV ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; FLEXIV LTD.
B25J15/008B25J15/0683
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Patent No.
US 12678978
App. No.
18/564,430
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an adhesion device and a robot having the adhesion device. The adhesion device includes a substrate, an inner surface of the substrate being configured to be in contact with an object to be adhered; a directional dry adhesive layer provided on the inner surface of the substrate, the directional dry adhesive layer having a plurality of inclined micro-wedge structures; and an adhesion layer provided on the inner surface of the substrate and surrounding the directional dry adhesive layer.

Claims (21)

1 . An adhesion device, comprising:

a substrate, an inner surface of the substrate being configured to be in contact with an object to be adhered;

a directional dry adhesive layer provided on the inner surface of the substrate, the directional dry adhesive layer having a plurality of inclined micro-wedge structures; and

an adhesion layer provided on the inner surface of the substrate and surrounding the directional dry adhesive layer;

wherein the adhesion layer comprises a film and a plurality of fibers connecting the film and the inner surface.

2 . The adhesion device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the directional dry adhesive layer is greater than a thickness of the adhesion layer.

3 . The adhesion device according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesion layer is a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

4 . The adhesion device according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesion layer comprises a plurality of micro-suction cups.

5 . The adhesion device according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesion layer comprises a plurality of mushroom-shaped tips.

6 . An end effector of a robot, comprising a plurality of adhesion devices according to claim 1 and a loading member connected between the plurality of adhesion devices, wherein the plurality of adhering devices are distributed symmetrically about a center of the loading member.

7 . The end effector according to claim 6 , wherein both ends of the loading member are connected to the substrates of the plurality of adhesion devices respectively, and the loading member is configured to load the adhesion device in tangential and normal directions of a surface of the object to be adhered.

8 . The end effector according to claim 6 , wherein the loading member comprises any one of a tendon, a rope, a chain, a membrane or a combination thereof.

9 . The end effector according to claim 6 , wherein a thickness of the directional dry adhesive layer is greater than a thickness of the adhesion layer.

10 . The end effector according to claim 6 , wherein the adhesion layer is a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

11 . The end effector according to claim 6 , wherein the adhesion layer comprises a plurality of micro-suction cups.

12 . The end effector according to claim 6 , wherein the adhesion layer comprises a plurality of mushroom-shaped tips.

13 . A robot, comprising the end effector according to claim 6 .

14 . The robot according to claim 13 , wherein both ends of the loading member are connected to the substrates of the plurality of adhesion devices respectively, and the loading member is configured to load the adhesion device in tangential and normal directions of a surface of the object to be adhered.

15 . The robot according to claim 13 , wherein the loading member comprises any one of a tendon, a rope, a chain, a membrane or a combination thereof.

16 . The robot according to claim 13 , wherein a thickness of the directional dry adhesive layer is greater than a thickness of the adhesion layer.

17 . The robot according to claim 13 , wherein the adhesion layer comprises a plurality of mushroom-shaped tips.