Science fiction comes to life in Italian lab

Pisa, Italy (AFP) July 29, 2012
Once the preserve of science fiction, increasingly sophisticated robotic devices are vying for a place side by side with humans in the real world. At Italy's Sant'Anna university, a bionic arm commanded by the human brain or a limb extension that allows rescuers to lift rubble after earthquakes are just some of the futuristic innovations in the pipeline. "The idea is to get robots out of

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