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Festo is a robotics company founded 1925, based in Germany, developing 5 robots primarily in the Research category.
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Add a deployment →Automation and bionic robotics for industrial motion control
Festo is a German automation company that develops bionic robotic concepts and industrial motion-control products. Its Bionic Learning Network includes underwater robots such as AquaPenguins, Aqua_ray, and AquaJellies 2.0, plus the flying SmartBird demonstrator, presented as research projects inspired by natural movement and used to showcase autonomy, efficiency, and lightweight design.
Active products
5
RoboIndex
56.18
RoboScore 55.73 + Momentum 0.45
Company facts
- HQ
- Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
- Founded
- 1925 · 101 yrs
- Website
- www.festo.com
RoboScore
55.73 RoboScore + 0.45 Momentum· Strong evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
6 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
On the company boards
- #2 of 13·Actuator·best robot 53.89 + depth 0.00 + news 0.45 = total 54.34
A board total ranks makers within one category. It is built from the best robot's RoboScore, a capped credit for more ranked robots, and news. It is not this company's RoboIndex above. How boards work
Milestones
Introduced SmartBird as a Bionic Learning Network flying robot demonstrator.
Showcased AquaPenguins as autonomous bionic underwater robots.
Presented AquaJelly as an autonomous jellyfish-inspired robot.
Introduced Aqua_ray as a manta ray-inspired underwater robot.
Press coverage
- FESTO's AquaJelly and AirJelly
The Robot Report
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
+0.45momentumof 15 maxFlexShapeGripper - Festo's Robotic Arm Inspired by Chameleon Tongue
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
Why Festo has been in the news, across 1 outlet — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Public loss record
Consumer product alerts from this country reach the EU Safety Gate, which we read. Industrial, workplace and medical incidents never enter it, so a blank record says nothing about those.
Active products by Festo
5 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | SmartBird | Research | Top speed 6.9 m/s·Runtime 0.3 hr | 2011 | 58.2 |
| 2 | Festo EMMT-AS Servo Motor | Actuator | — | — | 53.9 | |
| 3 |  | Aqua Penguin | Research | Payload 5 kg·Top speed 8.3 m/s | 2008 | 40.5 |
| 4 |  | Aqua Ray | Research | Top speed 0.5 m/s·Runtime 7 hr | 2008 | 39.3 |
| 5 | Aqua Jelly | Research | — | 2008 | 35.3 |
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