Festo, a German robotics company, creates robots inspired by animals. Their bionic butterflies fly with grace using tiny ...

Festo has developed a robotic dragonfly named BionicOpter that's capable of maneuvering in all directions, hovering in mid-air and gliding without beating its wings.

German automation company Festo is known for taking cues from nature when designing robots. This time, it has revealed futuristic-looking bionic ants, realistic robotic butterflies and a silicone ...

Festo has built a robot bird that beautifully mimics avian flight.

German electrical automation company Festo has good form for pushing the envelope in robot development, previously showing off bio-inspired bot versions of ants, a kangaroo, flying penguins and ...

Built by pioneering German automation company Festo, this cuttlefish-inspired robot may look weird, but it's capable of some pretty impressive feats. It's able to maneuver through the water by ...

You could be excused for thinking that German robotics company Festo does nothing but put together fabulous prototype robots built to resemble kangaroos, jellyfish, and other living things. They ...

The geniuses at Festo's Bionic Learning Network are well known for their fascination with robotic animals, and their latest creation is no exception. Dubbed the SmartBird, this autonomous bionic ...

Robots with six axes of motion are commonly considered to have the highest level of axes available for articulated robots and cobots (collaborative robots). One well-known addition to this is a ...

Robots are ripping off nature! …Good idea. Festo, a multinational robotics firm based in Germany, has made some of the most amazing looking and fun biologically inspired robots out there.

More recent developments in cartesian robotics (linear), SCARA and delta robots—along with collaborative robots—have made automation accessible to businesses of almost any size. Each type of robot ...

Festo has quite a penchant for animal-like robots, and its latest creations include BionicAnts which move like ants and can operate as a hive-minded group, eMotion butterflies which can flutter ...