BionicCobot 不仅在解剖结构上模仿人类手臂。像其生物学原型一样，轻量化机器人可通过灵活而精确的移动来执行多种任务。这种灵活性使它能够直接安全地与人类协作。
无论是大力抓住还是小心举起，用力按压还是轻轻敲打——为了让我们人类能够做出任何动作，对抗肌的相互作用总是必要的。我们的开发人员已经从技术上在 BionicCobot 的所有七个关节中实现了主动肌和拮抗肌的原理。
其肩部有三个轴，肘部和前臂各有一个轴，手腕有两个轴。每个轴都有一个带两个气室的叶片。它们形成了一对可以通过像机械弹簧一样充入压缩空气来连续调节的驱动器。
得益于独特的驱动概念，可以精确地确定机器人手臂的力势以及刚度。发生碰撞时，气动臂会自动缩回，不会对人类造成危险。这种系统固有的灵活性和低自重使得在没有保护笼的情况下即可使用，从而实现人和机器之间的直接安全协作。
BionicCobot 通过专门开发的图形用户界面直观地操作。使用平板电脑，用户可以轻松地示教要执行的动作，并以任何顺序对它们进行排序。经过编程的运动序列通过开源平台 ROS（机器人操作系统）传输到控制运动装置的集成 Festo 数字控制终端。
Whether it is shorter lead times, faster product life cycles or high flexibility with regard to quantities and variety, the requirements of production of the future are manifold and changing faster than ever before. This demands a new way for humans, machines and data to interact. Alongside the digital networking of entire facilities, the focus is also on robot-based automation solutions that will assist people in day-to-day collaboration in the future.
Due to its safe interaction, natural motion sequences and intuitive operation, the BionicCobot has great potential in a wide range of industries. In particular, it could be used as an assistance robot and take the strain off humans, especially when it comes to monotonous, mindless or even dangerous activities.