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The limb weighs about 10 pounds and includes two motors, which Vawter activates by thinking about the movements necessary to climb the stairs. Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the $8 million undertaking included researchers from Vanderbilt University, MIT, the University of Rhode Island and the University of New Brunswick.
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