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Replacing Lost Abilities with a Robot


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Robot shaver

Robot holding an electric shaver gives a quadriplegic man new abilities.

Willow Garage

Henry Evans recently shaved himself for the first time since a stroke left him mute and partly paralyzed 10 years ago. His achievement came thanks to researchers in robotics, not medicine, and it demonstrates the huge potential that robots have for assisting people with disabilities.

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