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The article discusses interest by companies in the industrial robot market as of March 2014, with a focus on financing robot research and development. Topics include costs of industrial robots, the Robot Operating System (ROS) framework for robot software development, and technological innovations u...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 410; no. 8880; pp. 6 - 9
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/29/2014
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Sumario:The article discusses interest by companies in the industrial robot market as of March 2014, with a focus on financing robot research and development. Topics include costs of industrial robots, the Robot Operating System (ROS) framework for robot software development, and technological innovations used in robotics manufacturing such as three dimensional (3D) printers and Kinect motion sensing input devices. Universal Robots, a Danish manufacturer of flexible robot arms, is also mentioned.