An automation company in Germany called Festo has been creating a series of rather unusual bionic insects and animals over the past few years. We don’t know if they’re useful yet, but they’re ...

Just when you think you can outrun this creepy little spider bot, it pulls a Transformer, becomes a wheel and rolls swiftly in your direction. Yes, that sounds like bad sci-fi. But this is the Festo ...

This week’s video comes from Festo, which has taken inspiration from the Saharan flic-flac spider to develop the BionicWheelBot. Flic-flacs have the ability to propel themselves with somersaults and ...