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A soft inflatable robot arm developed at Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Robotics Institute. The inflatable arm has no rigid components in its structure and derives strength from pressurized air. The arm is actuated using cables, motors and pneumatics. The character "Baymax" in the Walt Disney animated feature film "Big Hero 6" was inspired by this arm.
The fictional Disney robot is balloon-like, and reflective of soft robotics, a growing field of research at CMU.Image credit: Siddharth Sanan, Carnegie Mellon University
