project from 2025.
a design for festo Se&CoKG.
the design had to be modular and take the shape of a turtle. a distinction was made between pneumatically functional and form-giving components. the shell, or carapace, fulfilled a purely form-giving function. as everything was printed from one material, the robot is fully recyclable.
its specialty: it starts to walk when air pressure of 2 bar is applied to the elastic, 3D-printed construction.
the bionic turtle walker was displayed at the Hannover Messe 2025.
the university of Freiburg developed the pneumatic logic. the pneumatic routing system was developed by leonard neuberger.
the whole non functional design was realized by leonard neuberger. sketches, photos, prototyping, modellcraft and renderings are created by leonard neuberger.