Friday, April 24, 2009

Video Friday: Festo Bionic Penguins

Penguin

By Evan Ackerman
Cross-posted from BotJunkie.com

We’ve admired Festo’s bio-inspired robots in the past, including the AirJelly and the AirRay. They’ve just come out with two new species: aquatic penguins, and flying penguins:

Some of the other stuff in that video is pretty cool, too. We posted about the Molecubes earlier this week, but you can watch more detailed videos on the AquaPenguins, AirPenguins, and InteractiveWall on Festo’s YouTube channel. And if you’re into the juicy technical details, here’s a PDF on the AquaPenguins and a PDF on the AirPenguins.

Get more awesome robot stuff like this every day at BotJunkie.com.

[ Festo ] VIA [ BotJunkie ]




  • Gardog
    These are the guys you want to work with or work for. So cool and so smart it hurts just to know you aren't one of them.
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