The invention discloses a flexible arm capable of being driven to extend, belongs to the field of flexible arms, and aims to solve the problem of complicated control flow in a traditional pneumatic flexible clamping hand. The flexible arm capable of being driven to extend comprises a first fixed plate, a second fixed plate, a first elastic airbag, a second elastic airbag, a first air transmissionpipe, a second air transmission pipe, a connecting spring and a clamping hand module; a first through hole is formed in the first fixed plate; and a second through hole is formed in the second fixed plate. The flexible arm can effectively solve the problem of complicated control structure in a traditional flexible robot, is skillful in concept, simple in structure, low in cost, excellent in performance, reasonable in design, high in adaptability, higher in application value and better in application prospect, and deserves large-scale popularization and application. Through actual application,the flexible clamping hand can meet the clamping demands of objects with different shapes, and can realize lifting and grabbing of the objects with a higher weight than the flexible clamping hand by 10-15 times.