Festo's Bionics series: flapping-wing robots and swarm-intelligence bionic ants
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-09-08
Festo's Bionics series blends mechanical engineering with biology, producing mechanical animals such as a flapping-wing robot that flies via bird-like wing twisting and bionic ants that cooperate through swarm intelligence. Author Lukas Ziegler argues nature has already solved many everyday engineering problems. His robotics newsletter on Substack has over 20,000 subscribers.
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