Festo at the Hannover Messe 2017New bionic approaches for robotics
The engineers from Festo's Bionic Learning Network are presenting new concepts for robotics at the Hannover Messe 2017. Models from nature served as inspiration: the elephant's trunk and octopus tentacles.
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Bionic lightweight robots, such as the BionicCobot that Festo is exhibiting at the Hannover Messe, are virtually predestined for safe human-robot collaboration thanks to their natural movement patterns and the flexible pneumatics used. Festo is convinced that they could represent a cost-effective alternative to classic robot concepts in the future. The movement patterns of the BionicCobot ...
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