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In Japan have created a robot rescue balloon

Added	Fri, 23/12/2016
Источники	lenta.ru
Дата публикации	Tue, 20/12/2016
Версии	Balloons and balls

YouTubechannel Suzumori Endo Robotics Laboratory posted a video showing a 20-metre robot arm, consisting of helium-filled balloons.

According to the developers, the device, named Giacometti Arm with Balloon Body, weighs only 1.2 kg and when folded can fit in the trunk of the car. To force the fist to move, the engineers have attached to it a pneumatic artificial muscle.

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