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On 15 September 2011, the winner of the German Future Award 2010
earned a place in the “Hall of Fame” at the Deutsches Museum,
thus joining the ranks of other major technological innovations.
“We’re proud to make the Bionic Handling Assistent accessible to large
numbers of people at the Deutsches Museum. We’re very pleased to be
able to demonstrate to visitors the magnitude of the technological break-
through which has been achieved by this project,” remarked award winner
Dr. Peter Post from Festo at the ceremonial unveiling of the exhibition
model. With the help of four sub-modules, visitors will experience exactly
what it is that distinguishes the innovation developed by Festo and Fraun-
hofer, and be able to see the “trunk” of the Handling Assistant in action.
The Bionic Handling Assistant is a pliant gripper arm whose structure
and overall mode of operation are based on those of the elephant’s trunk.
Its highly flexible nature makes it suitable for industrial and household
applications allowing for safe interaction between people and technology.
www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstellungen/
neue-technologien/zukunftspreis
Hall of Fame
Bionic Handling Assistant in the
Deutsches Museum, Munich
Winners of the German Future Award 2010
with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl,
Director General of the Deutsches Museum (centre), and Petra Maria Jung,
Office of the Federal President.
The Bionic Handling
Assistant exhibit:
The gripper fingers are
equipped with pres-
sure sensors, making
it possible for the as-
sistant to grip objects
more or less firmly as
required.
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