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During Paulo’s visit to UCF, cameras captured the process of fine-tuning Paulo’s new arm with members of the Limbitless Solutions team, including executive director Albert Manero, ’12 (far left).
Inside the College of Engineering and Computer ScienceMachine Lab, Carmen Henriquez, Limbitless Solutions electronics lead, helped Paulo learn to use the bionic device.
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