article_snippet: ’s most diligent insect has been emulated in plastic and metal, with the creation of BionicANTS.
article_snippet: The BionicANTS will go on show at Hannover Messe - the world’s largest industrial technology fair - in April, along with other creations such as the firm’s robotic butterflies (pictured)
article_snippet: The BionicANTS will go on show at Hannover Messe - the world’s largest industrial technology fair - in April, along with other creations such as the firm’s robotic butterflies.
highlights_snippet: German engineering firm Festo created the Bionic insects to improve factory robotics .
  
highlights_snippet: Researchers say bionic insects could one day be used in place of humans in factories .