Just when you think you can outrun this creepy little spider bot, it pulls a Transformer, becomes a wheel and rolls swiftly in your direction. Yes, that sounds like bad sci-fi. But this is the Festo ...

The prospect of a bouncing robotic kangaroo may seem crazy, but German-based engineering company Festo discovered that basing robot motion on the kangaroo’s hop is incredibly energy efficient. Known ...

A four-winged robotic “dragonfly” with Long Island connections has landed — in the pages of Guinness World Records 2020. The BionicOpter, created by Festo AG, a global company with operations in ...

Festo’s BionicKangaroo is yet another impressive addition to the company’s already mind-blowing bionic zoo that includes, among other things, bionic seagulls, dragonflies, flying penguins, elephant ...

[Dr. Wilfried Stoll] and a team at Festo have created an incredible robot kangaroo. Every few years the research teams at Festo release an amazing animal inspired robot. We last covered their ...

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 ...

Friedrichshafen, Germany — Are these the insects that spoil Iron Man's picnics? Festo AG & Co. KG used additive manufacturing technology to create robotic ants — the company calls them BionicANTs — ...

The graceful robotic penguins in the video above were unveiled by German engineering firm Festo this week. Using their flippers, the mechanical penguins can paddle through water just like real ones, ...