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Harden the . bottom surface. Inflate. Pneumatic Belt Xin Chen, Coskun Kocabas, and George M. Whitesides.
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Harden the bottom surface Inflate Pneumatic BeltXin Chen, Coskun Kocabas, and George M. Whitesides By hardening one side of a balloon, it can be made into a pneumatic bending actuator. A pneumatic rolling belt, consisting of eight parallel pneumatic bending actuators was also designed and demonstrated. Harvard MRSEC DMR-0820484 D.A. Weitz and C.M. Friend