According to foreign media reports, Alexis Noel, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, recently inspired a cat tongue to develop a flexible material that can be used in wound cleaning or flexible robots. When Noel saw the cat in her home roll her tongue into a thick, microfibre “blanket,†the cat’s long, sting-like tongue made her interested.
Cats use barbs on their tongues to eat, drink water, and clean their hair. Noel and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Hu Biolocomotion Lab used a macro lens and a high-speed camera to record the cat's tongue. They described it as Velcro Velcro. Inspired by this phenomenon, researchers have used 3D printing to create a material with "barb".
Noel said: "Either the cat's tongue or imitation can be used to remove the involvement in the fur sample. We found that the cat's tongue has a self-cleaning function - it can easily remove the hair through the telescopic tongue." Researcher The new material is said to be used to make flexible robots. In addition, this material can also be used to make hair brushes. Or used to clean the wound.
The researchers will present their results at the fluid exhibition held at the Fluid Dynamics Division of the annual meeting of the American Physical Society.
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