UofL engineering students help child with 'robohand'

October 2, 2024

Gina Bertocci, professor of bioengineering in the University of Louisville's JB Speed School of Engineering, had the opportunity to help a 6-year-old boy with a 'robo hand' as well as teach her students the applications of doing the work that would help the child with his disability. 

Follow Lucas at school as his mom, teacher and Dr. Bertocci talk about what's happened to him over the past year.

 

 

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