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Re: Pneumatic Muscles: for good or for awesome?

I've played around with these at work a few times when we've had vendors in trying to sell them to us. They're pricey, but quite awesome.
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Re: Pneumatic Muscles: for good or for awesome?

That is awesome but I don`t think First will let us use them they look like they cost alot.
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Re: Pneumatic Muscles: for good or for awesome?

The Shadow Robot Company has been using these for a while.
http://www.shadowrobot.com/airmuscles/
They also made a hand that does eerily look like one from "I Robot"
http://www.shadowrobot.com/hand/overview.shtml
Videos of the hand in action:
http://www.shadowrobot.com/hand/videos.shtml
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