2003 年 69 巻 11 号 p. 1631-1635
This paper proposes a new way of motion guidance mechanism of microscopic slider, in which the frictional directionality of textured surface is utilized and there is no geometrical constraint. When a slider slides across the ridge of line-and-space texture, extra force is necessary to overcome the strong pull-off force at the line contact in addition to the shearing of the adhesion in contact that also acts along the texture, thus the sliders motion is constrained along the texture. This paper proposes a model that describes the equilibrium of force and moment, and a design guideline was also proposed based on the model. Experimental result proved the validity of the model and the design guideline.