Fluid-operated manipulator

A fluidically operable manipulator made up of several manipulator segments stacked along an extension curve, each comprising at least one connecting plate and at least two fluidically connecting plate separated fluid chambers spaced apart on the connecting plate at right-angles to the extension curve, wherein each of the fluid chambers has at least one elastically deformable wall section for changing the volume of the fluid chamber on pressurization of the respective fluid chamber with a fluid for a linear movement substantially parallel to the extension curve, and wherein a main extension surface of the connecting plate is provided for an arrangement at least substantially at right-angles to the extension curve, and wherein the two or more fluid chambers are made integral with the connecting plate or plates, and

• wherein the manipulator segments are made by a generative production method, and
• wherein cross-sections of the manipulator segments determined by the fluid chambers and the connecting plate are tapered along the extension curve in cross-sectional planes aligned at right-angles to the extension curve.