A robotic elephant trunk developed by German engineering firm Festo has acquired basic motor skills through the application of new technology. Using a process called goal babbling, software developers ...

A German company called Festo has unveiled a rather bizarre robotic octopus arm, which could work alongside humans in the future. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or ...

Though it looks more like Dr. Octopus' mechanical tentacles from "Spiderman," a flexible, robotic arm recently developed by German automation company Festo was actually fashioned after an elephant's ...

German electrical automation company Festo has good form for pushing the envelope in robot development, previously showing off bio-inspired bot versions of ants, a kangaroo, flying penguins and more.