Kangaroo

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Kangaroo is a Live Physics engine for interactive simulation, optimization and form-finding directly within Grasshopper.

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OT: Festo bionic kangaroo

by Daniel Piker

Apr 6, 2014

I named this plugin Kangaroo because of the animal's ability to use elastic energy for efficient locomotion. Here is a neat recent project by Festo that recreates this ability:

http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/13704.htm

not quite as smooth as the real thing, but still very impressive

some more info here:

http://www.festo.com/net/SupportPortal/Files/334103/Festo_BionicKan...

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    Francesco di Niccolo

    Cool stuff David :)

    Has been Festo just bought from Google?

    Apr 6, 2014

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      Riccardo La Magna

      Festo is just here around the corner. We might as well consider a field trip by the end of May!

      Apr 7, 2014

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        ng5 Alex

        this must be the coolest company to work for

        Apr 7, 2014