Softer, More Human Robots

Robots made entirely out of soft materials could be real game-changers. They could integrate more easily with human activities ranging from the ordinary to the exceptional.
A group of engineers at Carnegie Mellon University is working to make such soft robots a hard reality.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Narrated, Written, & Produced by
Ari Daniel
Videography
Ari Daniel
Original Footage
© WGBH Educational Foundation 2014
MEDIA CREDITS
Balloon Artist
Sara Krakauer, Globe Twisting Balloons
Music
APM
iSkin Video
Weigel et al. (MPI-Informatics & CMU)
Robot Photograph
Wikimedia Commons/BMW Werk Leipzig
Heart Image
Wikimedia Commons/ZooFari
IMAGE
(main image: Robot and human hands)
Ari Daniel

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[@DavidChipman]

Anyone else reminded of Baymax, from Big Hero Six? I was. This sounds really cool.

[@blacksash07]

David Chipman The soft robotics research at CMU actually did inspire the inflatable design of Baymax! www.cs.cmu.edu/~cga/bighero6/#Inspired

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+David Chipman That's the first thing that popped into my mind. Hopefully all these amazing advancements aren't a gateway to more illegal back alley robot fighting. Seedy business.

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First!