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Robotics to aid amputees
Affordable open-source prosthetic limbs may be a step closer, thanks to the efforts of UQ Robotics Club students. The club is spending this semester creating a functioning prosthetic forearm with the intent of advancing open-source knowledge around the creation of 3D printed prosthetic limbs.
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