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Robotic systems will be one of the major drivers for creating new markets in the 21st century. Their development will transform every day life as well as industrial processes in an order of magnitude which can be compared to the impact of internet technologies at the end of the 20th c. Furthermore, Robotics will have a decisive role in addressing the new challenges becoming evident in Security and Space.
While robotics has already revolutionized productivity and quality in automotive and electronic industries, it is now at a decision point where its scope is dramatically expanding to conquer a whole range of new markets. These new markets are driven both by social aspirations and economic benefits impacting a wide range of peoples' lives.
A consolidated European R&D strategy in robotics is a requisite for preparing a new generation of robots that would closely collaborate with workers and move out of the factory to conquer a new wave of novel service, security and space application markets.
As industrial, service and security/space robotics increasingly share the same research challenges and agendas, EUROP, the European Technology Platform in Robotics, would aim to maintain Europe's leadership in industrial robotics and expand it into the burgeoning service and security markets. It would also aim to ensure increased public and personal security levels as well as new levels of quality of life by providing technologies required to enable society to address challenges in terms of ageing and well-being.
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