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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... can pick up and hold a variety of different shapes. The flexible gripper demonstrates its wide range of applications on the BionicMotionRobot and the BionicCobot. The Festo Motion Terminal controls and regulates both the robot arm and the gripper. Festo believes that the OctopusGripper has great potential for use in collaborative workspaces of the future, particularly due to its soft and flexible structure.
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