Movie S1.

Effect of the modulation of friction on the finger dynamic during exploration. The green LED on the right indicates that the ultrasonic vibration is turned on. The high-amplitude vibration creates a drastic reduction of the coefficient of friction that facilitates finger motion.

Partial squeeze film levitation modulates fingertip friction

Michaƫl Wiertlewski, Rebecca Fenton Friesen, and J. Edward Colgate

PNAS. 2016. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603908113