Festo is a global company that supplies automation technology to its clients. It is heavily involved in development of the CROPS robots to be used in the greenhouse environment.
Tron-X, a blue-skinned robot developed by Festo, is a pneumatic robot. It can follow gestures and is capable of mimicking human-like actions, including facial expressions.
During AUTOMATICA 2014 from june 3rd till 6th, the main focus wil be the marketable B2B service robots which will have its own exhibition sector where manufacturers and research organisations demonstrate their service-robots and applications.