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Festo's Fantastical Flying Robots (2016) [video]
- _Microft 9y agoFesto has other amazing bionic robots (flying, jumping, swimming, diving ones) and usually creates a new one for the "Hannover Messe" ("Hanover Fair", an important trade fair in Germany) every year. There is a lot of footage on Youtube, check it out!
- evv 9y agoThe helium-powered ones aren't nearly as impressive to me as their mechanical bird: https://www.festo.com/group/en/cms/10238.htm https://www.festo.com/group/en/cms/10238.htm
- SeanLuke 9y agoThe jellyfish was always beautiful to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKMN-dz8n3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKMN-dz8n3k
- 2sk21 9y agoThis bird is just amazing!
- tim333 9y agoThere's a short film on how they made it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7PNQiHT1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7PNQiHT1Q
- exhilaration 9y agoWhile I'm sure these have a practical application I'd love to be able to buy them as toys for my kids. Particularly the butterfly as it doesn't need helium.
- digikata 9y agoLook for "Air Swimmers" which have helium Shark/Clownfish etc RC units. Not as elegantly built as the Festo stuff, but are affordable - and you can pickup buy a mini-helium tank too (or just ask for a fill-up at a balloon place).