Eleventh Prize-winning German cocktails

The robot is composed of lightweight plastic components, weighing only 2kg, lifting a 500g object.

The robot is composed of lightweight plastic components, weighs only 2kg, lifting a 500g object. "Elephant elephant" works by suction and blowing, very flexible movement.

German Future Prize - one of the most prestigious German awards for scientific achievement has been donated to the elephant robots of Festo Company and the Institute of Production Technology and Automation The name is Fraunhofer.

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This structure is not composed of metal parts composed of lightweight plastic components reminiscent of gas masses. People use suction and blow to control the movement of the "elephant".

At the end of the "taps" are attached equipment "jigsaw". The elephant can lift 500 grams and its weight is 2 kg. To compare the effectiveness of the elephant robots, it is common knowledge that industrial robots can only weigh no more than one-tenth of their weight.

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Flexible King

As representatives of the design team, they sought inspiration for their work in nature and took the elephant model as a model for the " third arm " - about 40,000 of its muscles allow it to bend its arm. all sides

Developers have proposed the use of elephant robots on production lines, in hospitals and in all situations when humans need "the third arm ".

Update 11 December 2018
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