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July 7, 2006 9:32 AM PDT

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A worker in a protective cab on a platform, called a RoboCrane, developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Known as an aerial multiaxis platform, or AMP, the platform is suspended in air by a web of computer-controlled cables, allowing its operator to strip paint off this U.S. Air Force C-130 with relative ease.

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