The modeling of non-linear morphological changes in biological systems is a challenging task. Motivated by the observation of exotic pattern formation processes on fruit surfaces, a chiral wrinkling topology is disclosed as a mechanical structural instability, which is then exploited for the design of enhanced adaptive graspers.
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Dal Corso, F. Bio-inspired adaptive grasper by chiral wrinkling. Nat Comput Sci 2, 624–625 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-022-00336-8
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