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Mechanical Robotic Ray

Samuel Bouchard
by Samuel Bouchard. Last updated on Jan 29, 2015 10:18 AM
Posted on Dec 01, 2008 9:31 PM. 1 min read time

 

Here’s that video of Evologics’ robotic mechanical ray that I talked about earlier (design inspired by Nature). In the video, the creature is remote-controlled. Festo presents the “fin ray effect” in this PDF file showing how they adapted the concept to an automated task. You can see their aerial version below:

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Samuel Bouchard
Written by Samuel Bouchard
Samuel is CEO and co-founder of Robotiq. His mission is to free human hands from repetitive tasks. He is also the author of Lean Robotics: A Guide to Making Robots Work in Your Factory. He lives in Québec City with his wife and four children.
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