Ok, not really, obviously, but they could if they wanted to! These robot penguins created by Festo can swim and fly independently, and they have FREE WILL. Why penguins, you may wonder. Well, I figured it out. Everyone loves penguins (every since March of the Penguins) so they will lull us into complacency before taking over the world. Possibly even more frightening is AirJelly, their FLYING JELLYFISH. This won't fool anyone with cuteness though, if I saw it coming, I would run and hide.

Besides trying to destroy the world with self-aware robots, Festo is making some other awesome stuff like iFab, their 3d printer that can use chocolate as a medium (similar to the 3d printer I blogged about almost 2 years ago that used spun sugar). For some reason, they don't have iFab on the English version of their website, but you can read about it here.

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