Testing out robotic arms of the future

Name: Testing out robotic arms of the future
Uploaded: 2015-02-13T02:06:08Z
Duration: P587S
Description: Improvements in body armor have kept more soldiers alive, but many veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan have come back with debilitating injuries. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien, whose left arm was amputated last year, tests out some of the future limbs now in development.

Clip: 02/12/2015 | 9m 47s

Improvements in body armor have kept more soldiers alive, but many veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan have come back with debilitating injuries. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien, whose left arm was amputated last year, tests out some of the future limbs now in development.

Aired: 02/12/15

Rating: NR

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