Festo AIR JELLY – AIR BALOON FLYING ROBOTS 11122
Definition: The first indoor flying object with peristaltic propulsion. Based on the recoil principle, eight tentacles powered by an electric drive let the jellyfish float through the air.
Category: MAJOR Robot Companies
4 Legged Robot WildCat 11119
by Boston Dynamics
WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and galloping gaits. The video shows WildCat’s best performance so far. WildCat is being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA’s M3 program.
BionicOpter Dragonfly Drone – Flying Insect Robot 31028
Festo did it again. Dragonfly drone flutters about, blows minds ! With the BionicOpter, Festo has technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the...
Robotic Microspines by Nasa Neo Gripper System 11064
NASA JPL researchers present a 250-mm diameter omni-directional anchor that uses an array of claws with suspension flexures, called microspines, designed to grip rocks on the surfaces of asteroids and comets and to grip the cliff faces and lava tubes of Mars. Part of the paper, “Gravity-Independent Mobility and Drilling on Natural Rock Using Microspines,” by A. Parness et al., presented at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Incredible FLYING ROBOT, Festo SMARTBIRD 31003
Festo has added to its robotic menagerie with the creation of a robotic seagull that weighs just 450 g (15.87 oz) and boasts a wingspan of 1.96 m (6.4 ft). Dubbed the SmartBird, the ultralight flying robot was inspired by the herring gull and can take off, fly and land autonomously, without the help of any additional drive systems.
Festo ExoHand – Robotic Arm – 11042
The ExoHand from Festo is an active manual orthosis with sensitive fingers and an exoskeleton that can be worn like a glove. The fingers can be actively moved and their strength amplified; the operator’s hand movements are registered and transmitted to the robotic hand in real time.
Festo’s Extraordinary Robots That Mimic Biology II: Bionic Learning Network – 11034
Nature is our best engineer, and the finest robots are the ones that mimic it.
Festo – Molecubes – 11033
Molecubes could play a significant role in technical training in the near future. These cubes, fitted with computer chips, can be successively attached to each other. Each Molecube communicates with all the other cubes; the energy supply and transmission of signals from one Molecube to the next are thereby ensured. Young people can use the Molecubes to build and program their own robots.
Festo Robotic Seagull – Smart Bird – Can Fly Like A Bird 11028
Festo’s robotic bird takes flight. The Herring Gull robot codenamed SmartBird.
