Sky_liner

It takes a fair amount of skill to fly a kite. However, thanks to its Sky_liner project, Festo has become the first company to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve fully automated control with the aid of mechatronics, therefore tying in a new development with its core competency of automation using moving air.

Sky_liner consists of two double-rope kites, each of which is controlled using a mechatronic control unit. The two kites are operated automatically indoors, using servo motors and artificial wind. Each rope is connected via fast-switching valves to a Festo Fluidic Muscle DMSP, which shortens and counterbalances the kite by contracting when the kite breaks away.

Film: Sky_liner