Festo
The flying assistance system
The projects of Festo's 'Bionic Learning Network' are always worth an eye-catcher. This year, the company presented the indoor flying object 'FreeMotionHandling' at the Hannover Messe.
The indoor flying object 'FreeMotionHandling', which floats in space, combines the themes of flying and gripping. In the center of an ultra-light carbon ring with adaptive propellers sits a rotating helium sphere with an integrated gripping element. Thanks to the intelligent on-board electronics and the indoor GPS used, the sphere can maneuver autonomously in all directions, pick up objects independently and release them at a suitable location. According to Festo, this opens up new perspectives for the workspace of the future, where the sphere could serve as a flying assistance system for humans - for example when working overhead, at dizzying heights or in rooms that are difficult to access.
The gripping mechanism of the 'FreeMotionHandling' is based on the 'Flex-ShapeGripper', whose operating principle is derived from the chameleon's tongue. Its elastic gripper can flexibly and form-fit over the respective gripped item and also pick up several items in one operation.
The flying helium sphere itself is a further development of the 'eMotionSpheres', for whose drive concept Festo designed adaptive propellers which, thanks to their flexible membrane, can provide the same thrust in both directions of rotation.
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