As it bounces through the Australian outback, the typical kangaroo can cover around 25 to 30 feet per hop. It’s a model of efficiency: Every time the kangaroo hits the ground, its tendons stretch to ...

German engineering company, Festo, has unveiled its latest animal-inspired robot - a kangaroo that looks and behaves eerily like the real thing. The company has gained a reputation as a leader in ...

A development team from Festo's Bionic Learning Network, a German-based supplier of automation technology, has created a bionic kangaroo. With a penchant for boxing and the only animal to use hopping ...

Yesterday, Festo unveiled a bird-inspired wind turbine, but today, the company has unveiled a new robotic creation that’s a little more recognizable. The world may not have a huge need for a bionic ...

[Dr. Wilfried Stoll] and a team at Festo have created an incredible robot kangaroo. Every few years the research teams at Festo release an amazing animal inspired robot. We last covered their ...

[Dr. Wilfried Stoll] and a team at Festo have created an incredible robot kangaroo. Every few years the research teams at Festo release an amazing animal inspired robot. We last covered their ...

ESSLINGEN AM NECKAR, Germany, April 3 (UPI) -- If a human tries to move around simply by jumping, he or she is likely to get very tired, very fast. The human body isn't designed to jump over and over ...

Ever want to meet a kangaroo? Well, unless you live in Australia, you’ll have to settle for this robotic kangaroo. A German innovation company called Festo has created a bio-inspired robot that ...

There’s a lot of awesome stuff that happens with robots. Important advances. Hilarious antics. But it can be hard to get emotionally invested because they’re, you know, big hunks of metal. But this ...

A German company has successfully emulated the jumping behavior of the kangaroo in robot form, the company said. The bionic kangaroo has self-charging legs that allow it to keep jumping indefinitely ...