German electrical automation company Festo has good form for pushing the envelope in robot development, previously showing off bio-inspired bot versions of ants, a kangaroo, flying penguins and more.

Dr. Nina Gaißert, from the Festo Bionic Learning Network, describes the company’s approach to using algae in their industrial biologization system. Developing a bioreactor that can enables the ...

Ants are nature's very own army: goal-driven, indefatigable and capable of great victories in the face of adversity. Now, a German engineering company is looking to harness the power of these insects ...

Though it looks more like Dr. Octopus' mechanical tentacles from "Spiderman," a flexible, robotic arm recently developed by German automation company Festo was actually fashioned after an elephant's ...

Biomimicry and 3D printing have come together in new swarming ant and butterfly robots that act very much like their insect counterparts, the inventions of German robotics firm Festo. The company ...

A German company called Festo has unveiled a rather bizarre robotic octopus arm, which could work alongside humans in the future. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or ...

Robotic ants the size of a human hand that work together could be the future of factory production systems. The developers, German technology firm Festo, say it's not just the unusual anatomy of ...

Developing a bioreactor that enables the efficient photosynthesis of algae on a large scale is no easy task. In this video, Dr. Nina Gaißert from the Festo Bionic Learning Network describes their ...