article_snippet: Festo's bionic butterflies are incredibly light and are able to fly as a collective.
article_snippet: The intelligent networking system creates a guidance and monitoring system to stop Festo's bionic butterflies colliding, which could be used for drones working in future factories.
article_snippet: While Festo's bionic butterflies are not as cute as the ants and work alongside humans, Festo's bionic butterflies are able to deliver heavy stacks of toys, books and other products to employees to pack.
article_snippet: Like the ants, the eMotion Butterflies are designed to work together and can fly autonomously without bumping into each other by using lightweight cameras and an intelligent guiding and monitoring system.
article_snippet: ‘The communication and sensor technology used, which constitutes an indoor GPS system, enables the butterflies to exhibit collective behaviour without danger of collision,’ communication and sensor said.
article_snippet: The intelligent networking system creates a guidance and monitoring system to stop the butterflies colliding, which could be used for drones working in future factories.
article_snippet: Like the ants, the eMotion Butterflies (pictured) are designed to work together and can fly autonomously without bumping into each other by using lightweight cameras and an intelligent guising and monitoring system .