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Colin Kohler, a PhD student in Robert Platt’s lab, works on a UR5 robotic arm in ISEC on Sept. 19, 2017. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Colin Kohler, a doctoral student in Robert Platt’s lab, works on a UR5 robotic arm in ISEC on Sept. 19, 2017. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

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