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Can people have robotic hands? Like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars? Not a prosthetic hand, but one you can actually move with your brain and stuff? Well, this dream could become a reality in the near future.
RAPHaEL
Dubbbed as RAPHaEL, Robotic.
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