created: 20260506143000000
modified: 20260506143000000
tags: ResearchStack Materials Robotics Control Candidate
title: Contact Authority
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

! Contact Authority

The controllable impulse a surface patch can apply before slip, detachment,
overheating, or damage.

!! Why It Matters

It gives robot skin, feet, clamps, and adaptive material surfaces a shared
score instead of a purely visual metaphor.

!! Evidence

* Source: `6-Documentation/docs/speculative-materials/LocallyAdaptiveContactMaterials.md:34-60`
* Lane: [[ENE Substrate Mining]]

!! Links

* [[Fractal Extendable Hair Field]]
* [[Gecko Dry Adhesion Anchor]]