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The Gecko Gripper Learns Whether It Has Actually Stuck
Capacitive sensing and a physics-constrained state machine classify five stages of orbital-contact interaction in real time.
Summary
Capacitive sensing and a physics-constrained state machine classify five stages of orbital-contact interaction in real time.
Gecko-inspired dry adhesives can capture surfaces without residue, but many interfaces operate open loop. This sensorized design classifies idle, proximity, contact, engaged and disengaged states from embedded capacitive data. A random forest reached 95.65 percent offline accuracy; online, adding a rule-based state machine raised accuracy from 78.02 to 93.14 percent with a 53-millisecond inference cycle. The evidence comes from the reported interface tests, not an autonomous orbital-servicing mission.
Why it matters
Capacitive sensing and a physics-constrained state machine classify five stages of orbital-contact interaction in real time.
Limits and context
- The evidence comes from the reported interface tests, not an autonomous orbital-servicing mission.
Key claims
Capacitive sensing and a physics-constrained state machine classify five stages of orbital-contact interaction in real time.
Qualification: The evidence comes from the reported interface tests, not an autonomous orbital-servicing mission.
Evidence: source-2026-10-21-012
Sources
- arXiv preprint 2610.27141, original v1arXiv · primary research
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