Robotics company Festo Bionics has released footage of a robotic manipulator arm modeled after an elephant's trunk. The first video in the gallery below is the concept animation; click on the second video to see the real thing in action. (Love how the grabbers hand off "giant peanuts" in the second video).
P.S. Check out the kite flying robot in video #2, around 3:29.
HowTo:
Build a Robot That Will Clean Your House
How To:
Make a robot car
How To:
Make a robot spider
News:
LEGO Robot Plays 'Little Talks' by Of Monsters & Men on Guitar
How To:
Make a working "robot" model hand
HowTo:
Build a Dancing Robot in Ten Minutes
How To:
Build a DIY combat robot
Meet Tanky:
The Super Smart DIY Tank Robot That Can Map Its Own Surroundings
How To:
How Iron Man Shoulda Looked (if he wasn't all CGI)
News:
Mod old cell phones into robot spiders
News:
Stabilizing Bracelet Helps Artist with Parkinson's Draw Again
How To:
Hack together the DIY video chat robot
How To:
Build a Swashbot robot
How To:
Make a light sensing robot
NextGen Terminator:
Indestructible Robo-Hand Withstands a Nasty Beating
How To:
Make a Lego Optimus Prime head
How To:
Use the Lego Mindstorms NXT software to program robots
News:
College Kids Hack a Coffeemaker & Amazon's Alexa into a Fun WTF Robot
News:
Meet SALTO, UC Berkeley's Bushbaby-Inspired Robot with Insane Leaping Skills
How To:
Build a simple solar rope-shimmying robot spy toy
HowTo:
Build a Robot That Will Clean Your House
How To:
Make a robot car
How To:
Make a robot spider
News:
LEGO Robot Plays 'Little Talks' by Of Monsters & Men on Guitar
How To:
Make a working "robot" model hand
HowTo:
Build a Dancing Robot in Ten Minutes
How To:
Build a DIY combat robot
Meet Tanky:
The Super Smart DIY Tank Robot That Can Map Its Own Surroundings
How To:
How Iron Man Shoulda Looked (if he wasn't all CGI)
News:
Mod old cell phones into robot spiders
News:
Stabilizing Bracelet Helps Artist with Parkinson's Draw Again
NextGen Terminator:
Indestructible Robo-Hand Withstands a Nasty Beating
How To:
Hack together the DIY video chat robot
How To:
Build a Swashbot robot
How To:
Make a light sensing robot
News:
College Kids Hack a Coffeemaker & Amazon's Alexa into a Fun WTF Robot
News:
Meet SALTO, UC Berkeley's Bushbaby-Inspired Robot with Insane Leaping Skills
News:
IBM's “Watson” Supercomputer Demolishes World's Top Jeopardy Players
How To:
Build a simple solar rope-shimmying robot spy toy
News:
Uncle Sam, the All-American Robot Snake
2 Comments
Wild, I thought the real thing would look nothing like the CGI version, but it looks exactly the same.
Anyone else think, Doctor Octavius?
Share Your Thoughts