Festo Exo-Hand
Festo is a German industrial control and automation company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.[1] Festo is an engineering-driven company that sells pneumatic and electric transducers primarily to the automation industry. They are using their Bionic Learning Network program to explore ideas and initiatives which go beyond the core business of automation and didactics and may lead to future products and product areas, currently these projects involve their new line of pneumatic actuators. Some of these projects are the Aqua Jelly, AquaPenguin, the Aqua Ray, Airic’s arm, the Airacuda and SmartBird.
The ExoHand from Festo is an exoskeleton that can be worn like a glove. The fingers can be actively moved and their strength amplified; the operator’s hand movements are registered and transmitted to the robotic hand in real time.