[http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/11/antroach.jpg](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/22/ant-roach-inflatable-robot-can-carry-a-family-scare-the-kids-v/) This 15-foot inflatable pneumatic beast is a confusing mix of child-like inflatable wonder and cold, brutal, [robopocalypse-beckoning](http://www.engadget.com/tag/Robopocalypse/) science. The Ant-Roach (half-anteater, half, er, roach) is still a concept device, with inflatable actuaters on the legs doing the heavy lifting -- apparently up to 1,000 pounds. Manifolds are peppered along the beast's underbelly, with a microcontroller obeying its soft-stomping orders by wireless signal. While it battles for our [inflatable robot](http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/19/caption-contest-49-foot-asimo-makes-trees-dancers-look-tiny/3) affections, you can check it (*just about*) conquering shallow water right after the break.
**P.S.** We'd be remiss if we didn't point out that the same lab has also developed an inflatable robot arm. Check it out after the break as well.
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