Festo - Airacuda

http://www.festo.com/cms/de_corp/9761.htm - Pneumatisch angetriebener Fisch
Schnell, wendig und fast lautlos: Fluidic muscles sorgen für effiziente Bewegung und geschmeidigen Lenkausschlag des Schwanzes.

http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/9761.htm - Pneumatically driven fish
Fast, agile and almost silent: fluidic muscles provide efficient propulsion and smooth steering movements of the tail.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Airacuda
• künstlicher
• Fisch
• pneumatischer
• pneumatic
• fish
• artificial

[mally2000]

"I'm forever blowing bubbles..."

[boukeversteegh]

Is it possible to visit festo? Do you have expositions? I would really like to pay a visit some time.. I live in NL so I don't mind traveling to South Germany :)

[ericssson]

make sure you don't sell this tech too fuckin Israel

[MZephyrM]

Dear santa...

[Jakichildhero]

That's some cool technology. Though, I believe the tail isn't shaped right.....it's too big....

it looks as if it's too heavy and a fish's tail isn't solid like a fin we use to swim with, it is mostly flexible.

[WarriorIng64]

I notice this thing is pneumatically operated, and it's continuously blowing bubbles out its mouth. Would it have to have its air canister replaced/recharged periodically through human intervention, or could it return to the surface and use a blowhole of sorts to pump in additional air as needed?

[MaxMisterC]

Question: How does it taste?

[geokonti]

@mally2000 - lol that's what I was thinking!!!

[Hopfolk]

I like Festo, they supply great pneumatic components. This fish is awful though.

[selftaughtninja]

@ManInBones01 technolgy has been implemented in movies for years. they are only implemented for what the masses can handle of course some of us can handle just about anything or at least able to understand the basics but some ppl are scared of this stuff. Been watching too much terminator and i robot. If we die now as we are about to take a leap into FTL then we dont deserve to live its as simple as that.