Festo has added to its robotic menagerie with the creation of a robotic seagull that weighs just 450 g (15.87 oz) and boasts a wingspan of 1.96 m (6.4 ft). Dubbed the SmartBird, the ultralight flying ...

You might never have heard of Festo before, but take it from us, they’re top dogs when it comes to cutting edge robotics. Their reputation for industry excellence is possible thanks to the Robotics ...

Taking to the skies over Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park, a gossamer-winged mechanical bird (which we wrote about when it debuted, here) is mobbed by flocks of its living brethren. It’s the remarkable and ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robotics company, Festo, showed off the near four-month old creation, Smartbird robot, at the 2011 TEDGlobal Conference in Edinburgh. Markus Fischer, a Smartbird project leader, ...

Another beautiful bit of work from Festo biomimicry is something we are going to see lots of in the future. This has really brightened my Friday up! It looks right it flies right and guess what its ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. German engineering firm Festo has developed a robotic seagull that’s so ...

Back in 2011, Festo created a natural-flight mimicking bionic seagull with flapping wings dubbed SmartBird. The company is now looking to apply similar principles in order to convert wind power into ...

One of the recurring themes in Isaac Asimov's short stories about robots is that human beings, for the most part, pretty much hated robots with any level of human intelligence -- which was dubbed the ...

OK. So just what is the connection here between seagulls and systems design? The answer: Hannover Fair. To help you make sense of this, let me start with the systems design research and finish with ...

Taking to the skies over Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park, a gossamer-winged mechanical bird (which we wrote about when it debuted, here) is mobbed by flocks of its living brethren. It’s the remarkable and ...