Soft-Robotics Technology Wins Big at the Oscars From: Manufacturing.net - 02/24/2015 The character Baymax from Big Hero 6 was inspired by a real-life robot that director Chris Hall found at Carnegie Mellon University's robot lab. A robot made of vinyl designed to act as a caregiver, Baymax is an all-purpose health care clinic disguised as an adorable and inflatable robot; he takes biometric scans, gives hugs and finds solutions to everything from scratched knees to anxiety attacks. Like Baymax, this real-life counterpart is also completely white and inflatable. Read the entire article at: http://www.manufacturing.net/blogs/2015/02/soft-robotics-technology-wins-big-at-the-oscars Link: 'Big Hero 6' star Baymax was inspired by a real robot http://mashable.com/2014/11/07/robot-arm-that-inspired-baymax/