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NASA’s Teen Robot Inventor: Easton LaChappelle

  • March 15, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

At 14, Easton LaChappelle built his first robotic hand — using Lego(R) parts. By 2013, the Colorado teen’s work on a low-cost robotic arm (he used a 3D printer) landed him a job with NASA. His goal is to make a stronger-than-human prosthesis that’s directly operated by the brain.

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