Festo CyberKite

Fun & Games Robotics Science

Windmil of the future? The latest advancement in kite fighting? Kitesurfing robots? The Festo CyberKite deftly controls the graceful movements of a rather large kite with relative ease. [via BotJunkie]

2 thoughts on “Festo CyberKite

  1. Sean says:

    The two things I’ve seen kite technology developed for are for wind generation – getting the generators up high where the winds are stronger (http://www.physorg.com/news165082424.html), and for sail assists for large ships (http://snarfd.com/2007/12/11/german-company-readying-launch-of-kite-powered-ocean-freighter/).

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