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Real World: Robotic Arms

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Join astronauts on-board the International Space Station as they look at the mass-handling capabilities and unique engineering design of the robotic arm that helps astronauts build, repair, investigate and more in situations too large, too dangerous or too remote for astronauts alone.

Published on: April 09, 2013

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