Over the past two years, Choi has been working to perfect the arm before adding a socket, which he says will require a recipient to be custom fitted. He’s gone to the VEX Robotics World Championships several times and in 9th grade he taught himself computer programming languages C++ and Python by watching videos on Stack Overflow.įor now, the arm is mounted on a stand.
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