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The Material World

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

imagine trying to reach into a booby-trapped vehicle, repairing the inner recesses of a nuclear power station, or performing surgery inside a person's intestine. It would help to have a long arm as supple as a snake but controlled with an engineer's precision. Quentin Cooper meets a lightweight robotic arm that can reach the unreachable. Producer Fiona Roberts

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Quentin Cooper
Producer:
Fiona Roberts
Source: Radio Times

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