Balloon-powered robots from RoMeLa float and walk at ICRA, headed to Ars Electronica
DennisHongRobot · x · 2026-09-04
Roboticist Dennis Hong highlighted Buoyant Choreographies, a RoMeLa art project shown at ICRA in Atlanta: robots made of helium balloons with moving legs that float and walk around.
- People can interact via touch, game controllers, or even by blowing air
- The robots react by changing their choreography
- The project will appear at Ars Electronica 2026 in Linz, Austria
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