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more about #festo Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Music doesn't help much either... I'm afraid I can't let you fly that kite Dave. more » :negated:: Why wait for the robots when we can just live vicariously through youtube without leaving the house? Oh wait... more » Hello Mister Walrus: Is that the same building in which they filmed the jellyfish balloon, fish balloon, manta ray balloon, etc. etc? more » .357: So that's how all those penguins in Happy Feet danced so well... more » sneakypoo: At the risk of being a dick: [i.gizmodo.com] You missed it by a couple of days :) more » Rob Meyer: gives march of the penguins a new and terrifiying meaning 1st more » ripfire: Aaaahhh! Killer robots! Save me from th... Oh wait, time to recharge. Hmm dee dumm dee dumm.. Ok. All done. Ahhhh! Save me! more » -
#robots
Someday, Robots Will Do Our Work and Play
This video of the Festo CyberKite shows exactly how we'll arrive at our dystopian future. Robots will do our jobs and play our games. Eventually, completely devoid of feeling, we'll all...say, look at that kite go! [IEEE Spectrum] -
#bionic
Bionic Penguins to Destroy Humans from Water and Air
Bionic penguins that travel underwater independently. Bionic flying penguins. Robotic arms made of fiberglass rods with free will. Molecubes that assemble into infinite-growing robots. All for real, as this video shows. I'm leaving the planet. More » -
#manvsnature
Who Needs Nature? Festo Bionic Learning Network Builds A Better Penguin
Festo is no stranger to autonomous robot creatures, but their latest initiative, called the Bionic Learning Network, might as well be referred to from here on out as Skynet for the animal kingdom. More » -
#robots
AquaJelly and AirJelly Robot Jellyfish At Home In the Water or the Sky
Festo, the same company that brought us the Air Ray robot last year, has developed yet another graceful robot inspired by a creature of the sea. In fact, they have developed two versions, both based on the common jellyfish: the AquaJelly and the AirJelly. According to Festo, the AquaJelly is "an artificial autonomous jellyfish with an electric drive and an intelligent, adaptive mechanical system." Apparently the idea is to have several of the robots autonomously working together using a communication system composed of Zigbee short-range radio on the surface and LEDs when underwater. More info and videos after the break. More »
