Festo is a
German
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automation company based in
Esslingen am Neckar
Esslingen am Neckar ( Swabian: ''Esslenga am Neckor'') is a town in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, seat of the District of Esslingen as well as the largest town in the district. Within Baden-Württemberg it is ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. Festo produces and sells
pneumatic and electrical control systems and drive technology for factories and
process automation
Business process automation (BPA), also known as business automation or digital transformation, is the technology-enabled automation of complex business processes. It can streamline a business for simplicity, achieve digital transformation, increa ...
. Festo Didactic also offers industrial education and consultation services and is one of the sponsors and partners of the
WorldSkills Mechatronics Competitions. Sales subsidiaries, distribution centres and factories of Festo are located in 61 countries worldwide. The company was named after its founders Albert Fezer and Gottlieb Stoll.
Animal robots
Festo is known for making moving robots that move like animals, such as the seagull-like
SmartBird, jellyfish, butterflies and kangaroos. In 2018 they also added a flying fox and a rolling spider to the list.
Festo calls their Bionic Flying Fox an “ultra-lightweight flying object with intelligent kinematics.”
See also
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BionicKangaroo
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Robotino
References
External links
Bloomberg profileOfficial websiteOfficial website Festo DidacticFesto GB (UK) WebsiteFesto US Website
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Engineering companies of Germany
Robotics companies of Germany
Manufacturing companies established in 1925
Companies based in Baden-Württemberg
1925 establishments in Germany
German brands