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Most of the more than 100 guests at the Festo 50th Anniversary Gala held in Cincinnati had their pictures taken with the Bionic Swift and Butterfly – Festo flying robots modeled after nature. From left to right: Frank Notz, Festo Management Board Member; Bill Gerbig, President of Ralph W. Earl; and Mark Snyder, Director of Festo North America Channel Management. Courtesy of: Festo U.S.
Discrete Manufacturing August 16, 2022

Manufacturer marks 50 years with manufacturing, R&D expansions

Festo marks its 50th anniversary with expansions to its Mason, Ohio, campus, which will be the site of a global production center and expanded technology engineering center.

By Festo Corporation
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I/O Systems, I/O Modules September 30, 2021

Decentralized I/O system for valve terminals

Decentralized input/output (I/O) system improves the performance of mixed valve terminals and I/O systems.

By Festo Corporation
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Process Instrumentation and Sensors July 24, 2021

Butterfly-valve configurator

The KVZA Butterfly-Valve Configurator is designed to simplify procurement of manual and automated butterfly valves.

By Festo Corporation
In the research project FLAIROP, the robots are trained with different articles in separate locations. The weights from all stations are collected and optimized using various criteria. Then the improved version is played back to the local stations and at the end, they should be able to grasp articles from other stations that they have not yet learned about. Courtesy: Festo
Robotics July 9, 2021

Better gripping with intelligent picking robots

Researchers from Germany and Canada work on new AI methods for picking robots.

By Festo Corporation