As part of Festo’s exhibit at the 2021 virtual Hannover Messe event, the company featured its Festo AX software, developed by Festo and Resolto (a Festo subsidiary specializing in artificial ...

We've seen some impressive nature-inspired flying bots from the creative minds at Festo's Bionic Learning Network over the years, but the autonomous BionicBee is not only the smallest so far but also ...

OT data is accessed from such components as Festo valve manifolds, servo drives, energy efficiency modules and remote I/O.

The octopus is an odd creature. The mollusc's large brain makes it a good problem solver, it has the ability to change color in double quick fashion, can dart off suddenly in a cloud of blackish ink ...

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Festo made headlines in 2011 when they unveiled the SmartBird, the first robot that flew like a real bird, modeled after the herring gull. “We have a quite big history in building flying robots with ...

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The 67-meter-high (220 feet), diamond-shaped office building has a reinforced concrete structure consisting of 16 floors and two basements. Two shafts with glass lifts provide additional stability in ...

Birds have long inspired human flight. Now, drone makers are turning to the feathery fliers for inspiration, too. With attention to biomimicry, the robotic birds are ultralight and aerodynamic, ...

Enjoying Machine Design’s Motion Systems content? Be sure to check out the rest of our Takeover Week coverage here. Festo introduced its FPaKit, a gantry-style palletizing package, at Pack Expo Las ...

German engineering company Festo has created robotic birds capable of amazingly realistic flight. The firm acknowledges that the robo-birds don't have any business applications yet, but hopes one ...

Festo’s other flying robots include a blimp-like penguin filled with helium, a lightweight dragonfly with four wings, and the delicate eMotionButterflies, which represented a first foray into the idea ...