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Research and development at Festo: looking to the future

  1. About Festo

  2. Innovation and technology

  3. Research and development

Research and development

Looking to the future

At our Research and Development department we work on the tomorrow's innovations. New ideas, from intelligent components to integrated systems, are continually emerging as we look to the future.

Fields of research

Fields of research

As an innovator leader, we deal with the production of tomorrow every day. Our fields of research create the necessary framework conditions for this. Find out about the areas in which we are active.

Research fields
Research projects

Research projects

Festo carries out research in cooperation with customers, research institutes and partner companies. And we pose ourselves the question what the requirements for tomorrow's automation will be.

Research projects
Networks and committees

Networks and committees

We work with our partners in research networks, joint projects and collaborations to develop forward-looking technologies in the context of an open innovation concept.

Networks and committees
Start-up collaborations

Start-up collaborations

Start-ups are innovative and agile, and they pursue new ideas and solutions. That is why we support selected young companies and support them on their way to practical industrial applications.

Start-up cooperation

About our future concepts

Bionic Learning Network

Bionic Learning Network

Learning from nature: in the Bionic Learning Network, natural principles provide new inspiration for technology and industrial applications.

To the Bionic Learning Network
SupraMotion

SupraMotion

Superconductors have tremendous potential for future industrial applications. They enable objects to be suspended and moved without contact.

About SupraMotion