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 ...

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 ...

Scientists in Germany have created the world’s first robot kangaroo, the device is called the BionicKangaroo, and was created by German company Festo. The BionicKangaroo is designed to move in the ...

[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 ...

German robotics firm Festo has come up with a unique take on robot locomotion. Their newest robot is built on the principle of "r ecovering, storing, and releasing energy based on a natural model" in ...

Festo has once again turned to nature to build a gesture-controlled robotic kangaroo that stores and uses the kinetic energy of its own motion. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...

A comparison of Festo's robo kangaroo and the real thing. Festo Festo, an industrial automation company based in Germany, has developed a robotic kangaroo that hops and moves like the real animal. It ...

In the world according to robotics firm, Festo, swarms of robojellyfish rule the air and mechanical elephant trunks take care of business on the ground. Festo’s day job is automating factories. On the ...