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Season 2018 Episode 58 | 27m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
PBS39 News Tonight for Dec. 5, 2018.
PBS39 News Tonight for Dec. 5, 2018. Stories include an uproar in the Stroudsburg area over plans to widen Interstate 80; a gym in Berks County for young people with disabilities; and, as deer-hunting season winds down, a profile of a taxidermist in the Poconos.
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>> EVERYONE DESERVES THE C TO FEEL INCLUDED AND HAVE SAFE RACE TO BE.
>>> A LOCAL GYM IS MAKING KIDS OF ALL AGES AND ABILI FEEL INCLUDED.
>>> WITH DEER SEASON IN FU SWING TAXIDERMIST ARE BUSY >>> RESIDENTS WERE FINALLY TO MEET TO FIND OUT MORE A THE CONTROVERSIAL EXPANSIO PROJECT.
>> NO ONE WANTS TO LOSE TH OWN.
THAT IS THE HOME YOU BUILT YOU WORK FOR.
>> IT WILL DESTROY OUR TOW TAX BASE.
>> THEY HAVE IT BOILED DOW WERE SEEKING FEEDBACK AT A PUBLIC MEETING HELD AT THE SCHOOL.
HUNDRED SHOWED UP.
>> WE ARE LOOKING TO GET I FROM EVERYONE HERE.
YOU ARE GLAD THERE IS GOOD TURNOUT.
WE HAVE HEARD PEOPLE FOR I AGAINST IT.
WE WANT TO GET THEIR COMME ON RECORD.
>> IT IS NEEDED TO BRING STRUCTURES DATED BACK TO T 60s UP TO CURRENT STANDARD IMPROVE SAFETY AND CONGEST ON THE HIGHWAY.
THEY PLAN ON ADDING TWO LA ONE IN EACH DIRECTION BETW THE ROD STREET EXIT.
IT WOULD BRING THE FOUR CL TO SIX AND COVER 3 1/2 MIL.
>> THE ROADWAY IS OLD BUIL THE 60s.
THE BRIDGES ARE LOW AND GE FREQUENTLY.
THEY DON'T MEET THE HIGH STANDARD.
THE RAMPS ARE SUBSTANDARD.
NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR PEOPL GET UP TO SPEED OR SLOW DO AT THE INTERCHANGE WE HAVE HIGHER THAN USUAL CRASH RA SO THE SAFETY AND CONGESTI ARE TWO MAJOR FACTORS ON T JOB.
>> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLANS IS THE NUMBER OF NEW ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS AN STORMWATER RUNOFF FOR DRAI THEY HAVE A WEBSITE DEDICA TO THE PROJECT.
RESIDENTS ARE UPSET ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION.
MANY ARE AFRAID OF TEXTING REESES AND LOSS OF HOMES A BUSINESSES IN THE PASS.
>> IF ANYTHING HAPPENS ON INTERSTATE 80 THE TOWN SHU DOWN BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFI THAT COMES IN.
NO ONE CAN NO ONE CAN GET OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE.
IT CAN TAKE YOU 20 MINUTES GO ONE BLOCK.
THAT KILLED BUSINESS.>> ON THING ISN'T ADDRESSED IS T IMPACT OF THE RESIDENCE RU >> THE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE LA YEAR TO MINIMIZE THE NEGAT EFFECTS IT MAY HAVE ON THE BOROUGH.
>> A LOT OF CHANGES HAVE B MADE.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS 50 PROPE AND 41 HOMES AND THEY HAVE REDUCED THAT TO 90%.
>> THE EXPANSION TASKFORCE GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND LOC LEADERS DEDICATED TO INFOR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE IMPACT THE BOROUGH.
>> IT IS SIX LANES, LONGER AND OFFRAMP AND A 12 FOOT SHOULDER.
IT IS LIKE A 10 LANE HIGHW AND IT WILL BE BOTTLENECKE THE TIME WHICH WILL CAUSE TOWN IN A CRISIS AND WE AR HAPPY AND WE WILL FIGHT IT THE END.
>> THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN WORKS SINCE 2009 AND ESTIM TO COST ANYWHERE FROM $400 MILLION-$600 MILLION.
IT WILL BE PAID BY A MIX O STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
IS EXPECTED TO GROW I 132, AND DAY BY 2025.
CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATE BREAK GROUND IN 2022.
>>> IMAGINE A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE IS THIS ACCEPTED.
IS THE REALITY HERE AT ALL ABILITIES A GYM SPECIFICAL DESIGNED FOR KIDS OR YOUNG WITH INTELLECTUAL OR PHYSI DISABILITIES.
>> IT IS THE ENVIRONMENT G OUT AND PLAY AND GET SOME THE ENERGY OUT.
>> SINCE THEY OPENED IN MA BRANDON BRINGS HIS 2 1/2-Y- OLD SAMUEL HERE THREE TIME WEEK.>> HE IS A BALL OF FI HE LOVES TO RUN.
>> SAM HAS DOWN SYNDROME B THAT DOESN'T DEFINE HIM AT ABILITY.
>> I KNOW OF OTHER PLAY AR FOR KIDS WHERE THEY CAN GO LET LOOSE AND PLAY, BUT TH IS NO STRUCTURE, NO STAFF DIRECTING KIDS ON WHEN AND TO DO AND THINGS THEY NEED DO TO DEVELOP MUSCLES.
THIS PLACE IS ONE-OF-A-KIN THAT WE FOUND.
>> THE OWNER IS AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSIS WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AND ADU FOR THE PAST DECADE.
WHILE WORKING IN HER FIELD NOTICED A VOID IN HER COMMUNITY.
>> WHAT I GETTING BACK ALL TIME WAS FROM PARENTS THAT THERE WASN'T A PLACE FOR T KIDS TO GO OR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE SKILLS AFTER THEY HAD BEEN OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A THERAPY PROGRAM.>> WHILE GETTING HER MASTERS SHE MA THE GYM HER CAPSTONE PROJE WITH THE SCHOOL OFFERING H THE RESOURCES THE PROJECT NEEDED TO TAKE OFF.
>> I AM SUPER EXCITED THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK I HAVE G FROM THE COMMUNITY THE THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS, SCHOOL IT HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE ON BOARD TO HELP ME THAT HAS BEEN EXCELLENT.
>> THE PROGRAM OFFERS SOME FOR KIDS FROM ALL AGES.
LITTLE KIDS WHO CAN PLAY T MORE STRUCTURED ACTIVITY F THE TEENAGERS.
>> THE YOUNGEST IS TO AND OLDEST IS 22.
I HAVE SOME CLIENTS I SEE ON ONE.
IF A GROUP SETTING NOT GOOD FOR THEM WE CAN W ON THOSE SKILLS ONE-ON-ONE.
>> FROM STATIONS TO BALANC FREE PLAY THE MAIN GOAL IS GET THE KIDS UP AND MOVING SHE ALSO CONTRACTS OUT WIT DISTRICTS.
>> I PUT THE GYM IN A BAG CARDS AND GO TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE RUN OUR PROGRAM.
>> NOT ONLY DO THE CHILDRE ENJOY IT THE GYM OFFERS PE OF MIND TO PARENTS AS WELL THIS MOM HAS A THREE AND A- YEAR-OLD.
>> IT IS NICE TO HAVE A SA SOCIAL PLACE WHERE IT IS O.
>> HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD HAS A AND THEY STRUGGLED WITH FI AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
>> SO THEY HAVE A PLACE WH THEY BELONG AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
THAT IS A REALLY BIG THING THERE IS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL ISSUES PEOPLE THINK IS WRONG WITH HER AND I FE LIKE I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE T SHE IS LOUD OR RUNS AROUND HERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IF THEY ARE HAVING A BAD D THAT IS OKAY WITH US.
IF THEY NEED A BREAK THEY SWING.
WE DON'T PUT THAT PRESSURE THEM AND HAVING THAT INCLU SPACE WHERE THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES AND NOT WORRY A SOMEONE JUDGING THEM.
>> WHEN ASKED ABOUT SUCCES STORY SHE SAYS IT IS HARD USE ONE.
>> ONE KID HAS OPENED UP A SOCIALIZING AND HAS LOST 2 POUNDS SINCE HE HAS BEEN W US.
THAT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHM ANOTHER KID GOT A BIRTHDAY INVITATION THEY INVITED EA OTHER BACK AND FORTH TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND THAT HA NEVER HAPPENED FOR HIM BEF.
>> A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN WORKOUT WITHOUT FEELING LE OUT.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY DESER THE CHANCE TO FEEL INCLUDE HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO BE THEMSELVES.
>> FOR MORE INFORMATION VI PBS 39.ORG.
>>> THE DEER SEASON IS AND COUNTRIES ARE BUSY AND SO BUTCHERS AND TAXIDERMIST.
HERE IN WHITEHAVEN HE AND GRANDDAUGHTER ARE BUSY RUN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
>> IT IS NOT A JOB.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO GO WORK AND I CAN'T WAIT TO G HERE.
IT IS A FUN DAY AND NO PRO FOR ME.>> BILL ALLEN BEGAN BUSINESS IN 1969.
HIS GRANDDAUGHTER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FOR 10 YE.
>> IT IS WHAT I DO.
TAXIDERMIST GRANDDAUGHTER.
>> A FAMILY OF HUNTERS AND TAXIDERMIST SHE GREW UP WI THE LIFESTYLE.
>> I'VE BEEN AROUND IT MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I WOULD COMING HERE IS A L GIRL AND HANG OUT.
>> THEY SPECIALIZE IN A DE HEAD.
>> I WILL TAKE THIS OUT AN WILL CLEAN OFF THE MEAT AN TAKE THE FORMS OFF AND HAN THEM OUT TO DRY AND WE WIL SALT IT AND LET IT SIT IN SALTINE RACK AND TAKE THE AND SHIP THEM TO A TANNERY WAIT FOR THEM TO COME BACK WE WILL GET A FORM AND PUT HIDE ON SO WE WILL DO WHAT HAVE TO DO TO FINISH IT.
>> THE PENNSYLVANIA SEASON THIS SATURDAY.
ALLEN HAS ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION ALL OVER THE CO WORKOUT IS WORK AND IT HEL THAT HUNTING IS BIG BUSINE HIS HOME STATE.
THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION SAID THEY SOLD THAN 900,000 GENERAL HUNTI LICENSES IN 2016.
>> FOUND THAT IN 1974 AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY.
ALSO I WAS PRESIDENT OF TH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND W A LOT OF TRAVELING AROUND STATES COMPETING IN COMPETITIONS.
I WON LOTS OF RIBBONS WITH COMPETITIONS AND STUFF AND OPENED UP A SUPPLY BUSINES BACK IN 1983 AND I SCULPTE OWN FORMS OUT OF CLAY AND THE MOLDS AND USE TO SELL WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO DO SCHOOL AND THAT IS WHERE W TODAY.>> ONE OF THREE TAXI INSTITUTIONS IT OFFERS COU THREE SEMESTERS A YEAR.
>> A NINE WEEK COURSE BIRD TWO PHEASANTS, TO WATERFOW SIX FISH A FISH COURSE AND DIFFERENT SPECIMENS FROM G HEADS AND A LIFE-SIZE FOX SMALL MAMMAL.
>> THE COURSE CAUSE $9800 THE COST OF SUPPLIES WHICH ABOUT $1000 MORE.
AFTER YOU ARE CERTIFIED YO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
>> STARTING OFF PART-TIME WE RVA APPROVED AND THE VETERANS LIKE IT BECAUSE I RELAXING AND THEY LEAVE HE AND OPEN THEIR BUSINESS AN IT HAS A PART-TIME JOB OR FULL-TIME JOB.
WE TRAIN WOMEN.
WE HAVE ON STARTING IN JANUARY AND ON THE AUGUST CLASS AND THEY QUITE WELL WITH IT AND THE LOVE IT.>> THEY SAY THEY S INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GETTING INTO TAXIDERMY.
>> I HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER INCREASED MAJORLY IN THE P FEW YEARS AND IT IS AWESOM >> IT IS GOOD FOR THEM BEC IF THEIR HUSBANDS ARE WORK AND THEY ARE A STAY-AT-HOM AND THEY HAVE KIDS THEY CA IT AT HOME.
THAT IS THE GREAT THING AB IT AND IT PROVIDES AN EXTR INCOME AND THAT IS WHAT TH WANT TO DO.
>> HE SAYS THE CLASSES ARE SMALL AND HANDS-ON AND THE TRAINED 10 TO 15 STUDENTS YEAR.
PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER.
HAD ONE FROM ALASKA, WE HA FROM VIRGINIA AND ARKANSAS OVER THE COUNTRY.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY STATE.
WE HAVE A PLACE FOR HOUSIN WE TRAINED A GIRL FROM TAI AND ANOTHER FROM SOUTH KOR.
>> I LOVE TEACHING IT.
ALL THE STUDENTS ARE GOOD.
YOU GET TO KNOW EVERYONE PERSONALLY.
I HAVE FRIENDS IN EVERY ST EVERYWHERE AND I KEEP IN T WITH THEM THROUGH FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM.>> HE SAYS HIS CUSTOMERS CONSIDER THE FIN PRODUCT TROPHY AND HE HAS MOUNTED PRACTICALLY EVERYT.
>> FROM NORTH AMERICAN BIG- GAME, AFRICAN GAME, WE HAV MOUNTED EVERYTHING THERE I.
>> A LOT OF IT IS THE KIDS THEY BRING SOMETHING THAT REALLY BIG.
>> HE SAYS THE MOUNDS AND MEMORIES CAN LAST A LIFETI.
>>> A FEW MINUTES AFTER SU LOCAL PROFESSIONALS BEGAN STREAMING INTO THE HISTORI STATE THEATRE AN ART NOUVE TYPE THEATER BUILT IN 1912 ORGANIZERS EXPECTED 30 TO PEOPLE FOR THE ANNUAL CHAR AUCTION AND FIST.
>> THE PURPOSE IS NOT WORK DOING THINGS FOR OUR COMMU.
>> IT IS A NETWORK OF BUSI PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZA BASED LOOSELY IN WESTERN BASED LOOSELY IN WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
WITH MORE THAN 120 MEMBERS THEY HOLD A SERIES OF EVEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUD WINE WALK, WORK SHADOWING AND AN ANNUAL STREET FAIR.
>> WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION PROMOTE BUSINESS PROFESSIO THROUGHOUT THE GREATER BOR TOWN REGION.
>> AROUND A DECADE OLD THE ANNUAL AUCTION RAISES MONE LOCAL CHARITIES.
THIS YEAR THE SALVATION ARD MULTI SERVICE A SOCIAL SER AGENCY.
THEY DONATE THE ITEMS WHIC AUCTIONED TO OTHER ATTENDE.
>> THAT'S LED WITH THESE S HAS CAUGHT MY EYE.
I WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SE HIGH THE AND GOES.
>> SOME ITEMS, UNWRAPPED A MEMBERS SAY HALF THE FUN I BIDDING FOR THE MYSTERY IT.
>> IT CAN BE TOILET PAPER ROLL OF TOWELS OR NICE JEW.
>> HE GOT THE JEWELRY THIS.
OTHERS SIPPED HOT COFFEE W ITEMS LIKE PAINTINGS, VINT SPIRITS WERE AUCTIONED OFF.
>> THE FRIENDSHIP AND CAMARADERIE AND NETWORKING FUN.
PEOPLE START BIDDING AGAIN EACH OTHER IT IS REALLY GREAT.>> THE AUCTION RAVED RAISE A LOT OF MONEY THIS IT WILL BE SPLIT EVENLY BE THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE MULTI SERVICE.
THE ASSOCIATION IS PLANNIN MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EV IN THE FUTURE THAT CAN ALS DOUBLE AS IS AND IS NETWOR EVENTS.
>> WE ARE REACHING OUT MOR MORE THROUGHOUT THE AREA A THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF NETWORKING.
>> THE NEXT BIG EVENT IS T MONTHLY THIRD THURSDAY BUS MIXER SCHEDULED FOR JANUAR AT THE YMCA.
>>> RESIDENCE IN THE LEHIG VALLEY GATHERED LAST NIGHT OBSERVE THE THIRD NIGHT OF HANUKKAH AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN ALLENT ABOUT 100 PEOPLE TURNED OU CELEBRATE THE JEWISH FESTI OF LIGHTS.
THIS MAKES FOR A HAPPY HAN MEAL.
>> EVERY TIME IT LANDS ON DIFFERENT LETTER IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS.
WITH THIS HEBREW LETTER YO NONE OF THE GUILT.
>> WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANC HANUKKAH, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS?
>> A HOLIDAY OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
WE FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE THE GREEKS HAD IMPOSED ON AND FOR GOOD JUDAISM AND A TO THE TEMPLE AND THEY MAD IN FEWER AND WE COULDN'T WORSHIP AND WE WERE NOT FR AND A GROUP OF FREEDOM FIG FOUGHT BACK AND THEY EVENT WON INDEPENDECE AND FREEDO WE COULD PRACTICE JUDAISM AGAIN.
>> IF A MIRACLE WAS THE MacCABEES REENTERED THE TE URIFY THE TEMPLE AND COULD ONLY FIND ONE PIECE OF OIL LIGHT THE MENORAH AND THE MIRACLE WAS ALTHOUGH IT WO ONLY LAST ONE DAY IT LASTE EIGHT DAYS.
>> THEY HOSTED THE EVENT T STARTED OUT WITH A CONCERT IT ENDED WITH TRADITIONAL PRAYERS AS RABBIS LIT THE CANDLE ON THE MENORAH.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER RECENTLY MARKED 100 YEARS.
>> IT IS A PLACE FOR COMMU FOR FAMILIES TO ENJOY THEI TIME.
LOTS OF THINGS FOR THE CHI AND PARENTS.
WE DO A LOT OF FAMILY EVEN THIS IS A COMMUNITY CENTER A LOT OF INTERFAITH HERE A THEY ALL COME FOR EVERYTHI THEY DO ALL THE HOLIDAYS.
>> THERE WERE PLENTY OF ST.
>> WHILE THERE WERE PLENTY SWEET TREATS THE MESSAGE B IT IS WHAT IS TRULY THE CR OF THE CROP.>> EVEN WHEN T IS NO HOPE YOU HAVE TO TAK THAT STEP FORWARD AND LIGH THAT CANDLE AND REAFFIRM Y FAITH.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXPL DIFFERENT CULTURES AND SEE OTHER PEOPLE DO.>> ONE REL OR CULTURE SHOULD NOT DOMI WE NEED TO CELEBRATE DIFFE IN OUR WORLD AND VARIETY O DIFFERENT FESTIVALS.
>> WE ARE SURROUNDED AND W HAVE SEEN A RISE IN HATRED ESPECIALLY ANTI-SEMITISM A ONE THING WE HOPE IS THAT CAN APPRECIATE AND SHARE W EACH OTHER OUR DIFFERENCES LET'S STAND TOGETHER AND B THE LIGHT IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND FOR OUR COUNTRY AND SO.
>> HANUKKAH WILL END NEXT MONDAY.
IF YOU MISSED OUT THE JCC HOST ARTISAN CRAFT FAIR TH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS WEL AN EVENT NEXT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13.
>> IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO T THIS.
HAPPY HANUKKAH.
>>> FARMER JAMIE BUTLER IS TRYING OUT A NEW WORKER ON 450 ACRE FARM.
INSPECTING THE CROP FOR WE AND PASS THE WORKER DOESN' COMPLAIN OR EVEN BREAK A S THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS A FO ROBOT NAMED TOM.
USES GPS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TECHNOLOG DIGITALLY MAP THE FIELD.
THE CREATOR IS PART OF A WF TEXT STARTUP WORKING TO TRANSFORM PRODUCTION IN A SECTOR THAT IS UNDER ECONO STRAIN.
THIS COMES FROM MARKET PRESSURES TO KEEP FOOD CHE RISING GLOBAL POPULATION A THE UNCERTAINTIES OF CLIMA CHANGE.
MOST ROBOTS ARE ONLY BEING TESTED.
THEY OFFER A GLIMPSE OF HO AUTOMATION WILL MOVE OUT O MANUFACTURING LAMPS AND IN RURAL AREAS.
>> WE ARE DOING STUFF PEOP CAN'T DO.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE FARMER TO CHECK EACH INDIV PLANT.
THAT IS ONLY POSSIB WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING AS TIRELESS AS A ROBOT.
>> NEXT YEAR THEY PLAN TO MORE ROBOTS.
THEY WILL AUTONOMOUSLY PER PRECISION SEATING AND WEED THE AIM IS TO CUT DOWN ON FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE T LOWER COSTS AND BOOST PROF FOR STRUGGLING FARMERS.
THIS RESEMBLES AN OVER ROLLERSKATE.
THEY WON'T COMPACT SOIL TH TRACTORS DO.
ON HIS FARM TOM MOVES THE -- ALONG CROP ROWS.
THESE IMAGES ARE FED TO WI THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENC PLATFORM WHICH IS BEEN TRA TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BET WHEAT AND WEEDS.
>> MOST TECHNOLOGY HAVE BE ESTABLISHED QUITE WELL IN FIELDS.
FARMING HASN'T SEEN THE BE YET.
FACEBOOK USES AI AND IS MU MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEM GRO TO FEED THE PLANET HASN'T BENEFITED FROM THE TECHNOL AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR ROBOTICS.
THE FARM HAS NOT SEEN MUCH THE BENEFITS.
>> TO EASE PRESSURE ON FAR RELUCTANT TO MAKE INVESTME IN EQUIPMENT SMALL ROBOT COMPANY PLANS TO SELL THE SERVICES AS A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION THAT WOULD CO ABOUT $750 FOR EVERY 2 1/2 ACRES.
>> IS A TOOL OF THE LAND.
IT IS A DIFFERENT TOOL, TH IS NO REAL REASON, IN SOME RESPECTS IT IS TAKING A ST BACK TO THE GRANDFATHERS GENERATION THAN WHAT WE HA NOW.
THERE IS LESS SCALE TO THE MACHINE.
IT IS ALMOST GOING BACK TO SMALLER SCALE.
>> COMMERCIAL SALES OF THE ROBOT IS STILL YEARS AWAY.
WITH LARGER SCALE TESTING FOR 2021.
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