First pneumatic cobot will cost less than electric rivals
16 May 2022 Festo has previewed what it claims will be the world’s first pneumatic cobot. It says that the device – due to go on sale in… Read More
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Pneumatic ‘hand’ and ‘arm’ can collaborate safely with humans
1 March 2019 Festo has unveiled its latest nature-inspired technologies: a pneumatically-operated “hand” and “arm” which can interact safely with people. Both will make their public debut at… Read More
Siemens, Festo and Rexroth join forces on carrier system
18 February 2019 At the Hannover Fair in April, Siemens and Festo will present an new linear motor drive and control concept, said to offer flexible, efficient and… Read More
Cloud-based app makes maintenance paperless
19 December 2018 Festo has announced its first digital-only product – a cloud-based maintenance management system that will reduce or eliminate the need for paper-based documentation, and is… Read More
Now, a bionic cuttlefish takes to the water
18 June 2018 Just two months after it unveiled bionic spiders and fruit bats at the Hannover Fair, Festo has come up with another one of its mechatronic… Read More
Superconducting motor uses solid-state cooling
9 April 2018 At the upcoming Hannover Fair, Festo will be demonstrating a superconducting claw-pole motor with solid-state cooling. Details are sketchy, but the company says that the… Read More
Festo and Huawei collaborate on smart 5G manufacturing
11 September 2017 The Chinese telecommunications and electronics giant Huawei has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the German pneumatics and automation supplier Festo to explore the use… Read More
‘Revolutionary’ app-driven pneumatics will replace 50 parts
30 March 2017 Festo is claiming a “breakthrough” in pneumatic technology – a digital valve system that combines the functions of more than 50 separate components and is… Read More
Octopus tentacles inspire pneumatic gripper
30 March 2017 A robotic gripper system with suction pads like those of an octopus is one of several pneumatically-powered robotic concepts that Festo will unveil at the… Read More
Rawlings returns to Festo as general manager for the UK
17 June 2016 Eliza Rawlings has been appointed general manager of Festo in the UK. The appointment marks a return to Festo for Rawlings who was the company’s… Read More
