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    Project "eMotionSpheres", Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany

    Researcher - Festo AG & Co. KG

    Home page - festo.com/us/en/e/about-festo/research-and-development/bionic-learning-network/highlights-from-2013-to-2014/emotionspheres-id_33514

    Further information - festo.com/net/SupportPortal/Files/333990/Festo_eMotionSpheres_en.pdf

    With the eMotionSpheres, Festo shows how several flying objects can move in a coordinated manner and within a defined space. Whether individually or collectively – even in chaotic situations, there are no collisions as the spheres move out of each other’s way.
    Unique and highly efficient drive system

    Each of the eight spheres is filled with helium and is driven by eight small propellers, which are attached to their outer shell. The drives are adaptive and supply the same efficient thrust in a forward and reverse direction, which is a first when it comes to flying objects.

    Exact positioning thanks to infrared technology

    Ten cameras installed in the room record the spheres via their active infrared markers and pass on the position data to a central master computer. The actions calculated from this process are sent back to the spheres, which then implement them locally. The intelligent networking system creates a guidance and monitoring system, which could be used in the networked factory of the future.
    Pioneering model: the BionicOpter wing principle transferred to the drive technology of the eMotionSpheres

    Pioneering model: the BionicOpter wing principle transferred to the drive technology of the eMotionSpheres
    Intelligent monitoring: the system enables both the formation and individual flight of the spheres.
    Last edited by Airicist2; 3rd February 2022 at 01:18.

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    Festo - eMotionSpeheres

    Published on Mar 28, 2014

    With the eMotionSpheres, Festo shows how several flying objects can move -- individually or collectively -- in a coordinated manner and within a defined space.

    The bionic drives used by the spheres are adaptive and supply the same efficient thrust in both a forwards and reverse direction, which represents something totally new when it comes to flying objects.

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