Thats a unique idea.You should consider the following idea to enhance your idea so that it would impact uniquely: A simple and robust inter-module latch is possibly the most important component of a modular robotic system.  describes a latch based on electric fields and capacitive coupling. Our design provides not only significant adhesion forces, but can also be used for inter-module por transmission and communication. The key insight presented in this paper, and the factor that enables electrostatic adhesion to be effective at the macroscale, is the use of electric field attraction to generate frictional shear forces rather than electric field attraction alone. A second important insight is that a specific degree of flexibility in the electrodes is essential to maximize their mutual coupling and the resulting forces - electrodes which are too flexible or too rigid will perform less ll. To evaluate the effectiveness of our latch  incorporate it into a cubic module 28 cm on a side. The result is a latch which requires almost zero static por and yet can hold 0.6 N/cm 2  of latch area.
['Mustafa Emre Karagozler', 'Jason Campbell', 'Gary K. Fedder', 'Seth Copen Goldstein', 'Michael Philetus Weller', 'Byung Woo Yoon']
I am writing a research paper on a idea Electrostatic latching for inter-module adhesion, power transfer, and communication in modular robots
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