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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... is the pneumatic BionicMotionRobot. This imitates the flowing movements of an elephant's trunk or octopus tentacles with its flexible pneumatic bellows structure and corresponding valve and control technology. The concept of the compliant kinematics is based on the Bionic Handling Assistant from 2010, which was awarded the German Future Prize. A new type of outer skin ...