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Japan is building robots around the job itself. Kawasaki’s four-legged robot uses magnets to cling to ship hulls and is being developed for welding and painting on curved and vertical surfaces. I like that the body design comes directly…

This looks like a giant dragonfly, but every movement here is mechanical. Festo’s BionicOpter weighs only 175 grams, yet its four wings span 63 cm. They beat around 15 to 20 times per second, and each wing can twist up to 90 degrees. That…

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People talk about humanoid AI all day, but a robot still has to move 50–70 kg of hardware through dozens of joints without cooking itself. That makes the motor and joint stack one of the most important parts of the whole machine. I went…

Bio-inspired engineering by Festo. Nature has already solved many of the problems we deal with every day. 🌱 Festo produces mechanical animals called Bionics series. It combines mechanical engineering with biology and nature. Nature is a…

What if a robot could grab objects like a chameleon catching a bug? Festo’s FlexShapeGripper uses compressed air, water and an elastic silicone cap that wraps around objects of different shapes. Unlike traditional rigid grippers, it can…

Niryo starts NR2 production, Teradyne sues JAKA, North American robot demand shifts beyond automotive, Festo launches AI-powered GripperAI, plus an expert perspective on what’s next in robotics & more