Bionic butterflies, for the first time combine the ultralight construction of artificial insects, with collision-free flying behaviour. Watch the video…
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Bionic ‘eMotionButterflies’ by Festo, they are making use of a guidance and monitoring system for coordination purposes, which could be used in the networked future factory.
Ten cameras installed in the room record the butterflies using their infrared markers. The cameras transmit the position data to a central master computer, which coordinates the butterflies from outside. The intelligent networking system creates a guidance and monitoring system, which could be used in the networked factory of the future.
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