Robots climbing walls is nothing new. Researchers are always looking for ways to improve the mechanism though. Researchers from Zhejiang University in China have come up with suction grippers that use spinning water vortex to attach to smooth and rough surfaces.
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Water-Vortex Suction Device
The idea is to enhance the seal with this approach on difficult surfaces. The above video shows how it works.
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