We’ve admired Festo’s bio-inspired robots in the pastThey’ve just come out with two new species: aquatic penguins, and flying penguins. In case you were wondering, Festo is a German company that creates and sells pneumatic and electric actuators for the automation industry.
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Fancy making your own robot crab? Then check out the KicCrab Walker Robot Crab Kit.
The Kit comes with everything you need to make your own robot crab, including 3 servos, the KicChip processor, LEDs and all the bopdy parts, it comes with a built in battery which can be charged via USB, check out the video of it in action below.The KicCrab Walker Robot Crab Kit is available for $79.95 from.
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Still remember the Robotic Carp that we mentioned before? Here is a new robot fish that looks like a real fish. Dubbed as the Fishbot, this robot is developed by Yamamoto Laboratory. It was built to exacting specifications based on the movement of real fish and will be used for research purposes. What makes this robot special is that its eyes that can follow you wherever you go. .
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