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A 7-year-old student asked me "Should I learn ASL if I want to make robots for DeafBlind people?" In Tatum Robotics' recent efforts to design a new robots to support younger DeafBlind students, I got to collaborate with my lifelong friend Julia Frias! Julia set up a time for me and my team to meet with several classes at Driscoll Elementary School in Brookline so we could measure their hands. In doing that, we got to watch dozens of children's faces gasp at the sight of a robot hand, and listen they then begin to explain to me all the ASL they know and all about 3D printing!! Although we we went in looking to spread awareness and get some hand measurements, we heard some of the best questions like "Should I learn ASL if I want to make robots for DeafBlind people?", "How would the DeafBlind people learn? Just like we learn at school?" And a big shout out to some of the art we got to take home as well --> [Drawing in crayon on white paper of a robot hand based on the Tatum T1. The hand is blue and is on a box with two fans and lots of buttons. ]