Revealed this week at CES 2020, the VISION AVTR is meant to ‘showcase the interaction between humans, technology and nature’ and contains bodywork parts that move as the driver goes about the task of driving.
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The 33 so-called ‘bionic flaps’ on the VISION AVTR are actuated by Foldaway Haptics’ robots, which are 2mm thick when folded flat but morph into a three-dimensional moving plate in a fraction of a second.
Foldaway Haptics’ Stefano Mintchev and Marco Salerno take up the story in the video below.
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