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June 7, 2014 08:00 am GMT

MIT's Robotic Limbs Will Make You Look Like Doc Ock

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Two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a prototype for robotic limbs that assist workers in building airplanes. They also have the bonus effect of making the wearer look like Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man.

Federico Parietti, a Ph.D. candidate, and Harry Asada, an engineering professor, both work at MIT's d'Arbeloff Laboratory for Information Systems and Technology. The team presented their robot concept at this year's International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Hong Kong on June 2, and the project has been getting major buzz ever since

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