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 A key feature of textile actuators is the low cost and ease of fabrication. Using inexpensive [tools](/fabrication/bom), such as a sewing machine and an impulse sealer, functional actuators can be realized. The fabrication process is absent of complex 3D molding and casting processes that are required to build elastomeric fiber-reinforced actuators. Two simple, but separate fabrication processes are needed to make a [fabric pocket](/fabrication/fabric-pocket) and a [balloon](/fabrication/balloon). The following sections detail how to make each component and [assemble ](/fabrication/assembly)the two once they are made.

   ![fab_final.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum4601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/sorotoolkit/files/fab_final.png?itok=JQ8SHFaz) 

 

   ![balloon_13.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/sorotoolkit/files/balloon_13.jpg?itok=JgaWBGAF)