Op de Next-Gen Life Science Automation onderzoekt Festo nieuwe oplossingen voor medische technologie en laboratoriumautomatisering. Op de Hannover Messe 2026 demonstreren Festo en Fraunhofer IPA de constructie van een cassette voor de processtap van het modificeren van cellen in CAR-T celtherapie. Automatisering vermindert de productietijden en -kosten aanzienlijk, waardoor op maat gemaakte kankertherapieën sneller, goedkoper en voor meer patiënten beschikbaar worden.

Compact, customised manifold plates for precise fluid control: Diffusion Bonded Manifolds enable individualised, contamination-free fluidic solutions using an adhesive-free joining process. The technology complements existing standard components and is aimed in particular at applications in medical technology, diagnostics, laboratory automation and food analysis.

Festo is expanding its portfolio to include multilayer manifolds made of plastic (bonded manifolds) in order to be able to offer manufacturers of medical and laboratory equipment solutions from a single source. To this end, Festo is taking over the production systems and processes for manufacturing these complex plastic manifolds from Carville, a leading company in this field.

No one enjoys going to the dentist; young children even less so. To help future dentists and dental assistants deal with children during dental treatments, the Japanese company tmsuk has developed a humanoid robot that realistically simulates the behaviour of young children during these treatments, complete with fidgeting, flinching or closing the mouth. The dummy’s realistic movements are produced using proportional pressure regulators with piezo technology from Festo.