Gadget Show Live 2010 :: Festo - carbon fibre muscular tubing

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Ok, so Festo shows off their carbon fibre "muscular" tubing may not be very 'gadgety' but when it's this much fun, who cares?

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Posted by matty-hodgson - Wed 14 Apr 2010 14:39
Wow! :D

Now that looks fun.

But there's a few questions I'd like to ask:
1) Is that ever gonna be available to us?
2) How is it set up and linked to the game?
3) When can I come and have a go? ;)
Posted by Luke - Wed 14 Apr 2010 16:58
matty-hodgson
1) Is that ever gonna be available to us?
The tubes… Yes
The chair.. Nope :( - He said it was just for demo purposes.

matty-hodgson
2) How is it set up and linked to the game?
I wish I knew. Maybe there's someone under the chair controlling it all with comedy sized levers.

matty-hodgson
3) When can I come and have a go? ;)
Gadget Show 2011 ;)

..Love the fact no one's commented on the stone man having a go in the background at the start of the video :)
Posted by matty-hodgson - Wed 14 Apr 2010 17:06
Luke
..Love the fact no one's commented on the stone man having a go in the background at the start of the video :)

How the bloody hell did I miss him? I honestly didn't even notice him! :laugh:
Posted by stevie lee - Wed 14 Apr 2010 19:18
aah, model penguins..

should feel right at home round my house ;)
Posted by Steve - Thu 15 Apr 2010 10:04
A mech eng housemate of mine at uni was using these (can't remember if they were Festo or not) to create a prototype of a knee brace exoskeleton, the intention of which was to assist with exercises for knee injury patients.

It was pretty cool stuff - the PWM'd air valves were quite noisy though.

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