ZARx
ZARx is a dual-arm humanoid muscle robot torso in 5 versions (ZAR means in German: Zweiarmroboter) and was developed in a joint project of:
- the Department of Bionik und Evolutionstechnik of the Technical University Berlin,
- the company EvoLogics GmbH and
- the company Festo AG & Co. KG,
ZAR1 and was launched on 09.07.1999 to life. Only the latest version 5 (ZAR5) has two arms and two five-finger hands and shakes the hand of Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel at the Hannover Fair 2006.
For more information read on (in German).
- Dr. Rudolf Bannasch, Fa. Evologics
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ivo W. Boblan, Beuth HS für Technik Berlin
- Lars Miersch, Marine Science Center
- Frank Prietzel
- Andreas Schulz
- Hartmut Schwenk