A real superhero: Robert Downey Jr gifts Iron Man arm to boy

Thanks to Iron Man Robert Downey Jr, this kid will be the coolest in school for a long time to come. (Courtesy: Twitter)

Updated on: Mar 13, 2015 3:25 PM IST

Entertainment

Share via

• 
• 
• 
• 

Copy link

• 

1/4

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Mar 13, 2015 3:25 PM

Thanks to Iron Man Robert Downey Jr, this kid will be the coolest in school for a long time to come. (Courtesy: Twitter)

2/4

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Mar 13, 2015 3:25 PM

Alex, who was born with a partially developed arm, was recently given a special Iron Man-themed bionic arm by Tony Stark himself.

3/4

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Mar 13, 2015 3:25 PM

Downey presented Alex with a 3D-printed bionic arm, which was designed by Albert Manero, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at the University of Central Florida.

4/4

View Photos in a new improved layout

Updated on Mar 13, 2015 3:25 PM

"(I) had the absolute privilege of presenting a brand spanking new 3D-printed bionic ‘Iron Man’ arm to Alex, the most dapper 7-year-old I’ve ever met,” Downey wrote on Facebook.