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POTUS kept an eye on robots near him, just to make sure they were all
friendlies. Photo: White House
President Barack Obama loves robots. He’s invited bots to the White House
and has even befriended a Japanese android. But now Obama has gone one step
further: He’s decided to lead what may be a profound robotics revolution.
In a visit today to Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics
Engineering Center, Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, a
$500 million program to bring together industry, universities, and
government to invest in emerging technologies that can improve manufacturing
and create new businesses and jobs.
Robots are a big part of this effort. The administration's new National
Robotics Initiative seeks to advance "next generation robotics." The focus
is on robots that can work closely with humans—helping factory workers,
healthcare providers, soldiers, surgeons, and astronauts to carry out tasks.
"You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-
chief is to keep an eye on robots," Obama quipped at the beginning of his
speech. "And I'm pleased to report that the robots you manufacture here seem
peaceful. At least for now."
The National Robotics Initiative involves the National Science Foundation,
the National Institutes of Health, NASA, and the Department of Agriculture,
which combined will make available up to $70 million per year to fund new
robotics projects.
President Obama tours the Natl Robotics Engineering Center
Obama tours the National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon.
Photo: White House
Obama said he visited a local company, RedZone Robotics, which makes a robot
that explores water and sewer pipes [photo, below]. "It is fascinating
stuff," he said. "It can go through any sewer system. It’s operated
remotely by the municipal worker. It’s got a camera attached so it can film
everything that it’s seeing." Obama said the robot could potentially save
cities millions in infrastructure costs and create jobs for workers to
operate the robots and pore through the data collected.
I asked Dr. Henrik Christensen, a robotics professor at Georgia Tech who
helped to establish the new initiative, what technical challenges they plan
to attack. He explains that traditional robots are good at tasks that
require precision and repetition, but to work alongside human workers the
robots need to be smarter and safer.
"If we want to build a robot coworker, we need to have safer systems, new
materials, better sensors and actuators," he says.
One example is a robot that can observe a human worker performing a task—
say, assembling parts of a car—and replicate that task, with the human
supervising and assisting the robot if necessary. Another example is a robot
that can help workers pack goods in a pallet or truck in an optimal way, to
improve logistics.
The NSF, recently criticized for funding robotics projects some deemed
wasteful, and the other agencies explain that a broad range of research will
be funded, but with an emphasis on robotic systems as people's "co-workers,
co-inhabitants, co-explorers and co-defenders." From the program
solicitation:
This theme recognizes the emerging mechanical, electrical and software
technologies that will make the next generation of robotic systems able to
safely co-exist in close proximity to humans in the pursuit of mundane,
dangerous, precise or expensive tasks. Co-robots will need to establish a
symbiotic relationship with their human partners, each leveraging their
relative strengths in the planning and performance of a task. This means,
among other things, that for broad diffusion, access, and use (and hence, to
achieve societal impacts), co-robots must be relatively cheap, easy to use,
and available anywhere. As the US population ages and becomes more
culturally and linguistically diverse, these co-robots may serve to increase
the efficiency, productivity and safety of individuals in all activities
and phases of life, and their ubiquitous deployment has the potential to
measurably improve the state of national health, education and learning,
personal and public safety, security, the character and composition of a
heterogeneous workforce, and the economy, more generally.
"Our understanding of the applications of robotics technology has expanded,"
says Dr. Matt Mason, director of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. "
Robots are not just for dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs. Their greatest
value is working with people." He says that in addition to reinventing
manufacturing, robots will play ever more important roles in agriculture,
medicine, rehabilitation, and elder care.
barack obama visit redzone robotics carnegie mellon speech on national
robotics initiative
Obama with a robot built by RedZone Robotics for inspecting water and sewer
pipelines. Ron Wolf and Sub Vallapuzha of RedZone show the President how the
robot can be remotely controlled.
Photo: Tim Kaulen/Carnegie Mellon University
And why start a new initiative when agencies are already funding cutting-
edge robotics projects? Dr. Christensen of Georgia Tech says robotics
research has been too fragmented; what is needed now is coordination.
"The most important thing is that we keep track of the results and make sure
that innovations get transitioned to companies."
He says that claims that robots take jobs away from people don't take into
account the fact that robots—and other technologies, for that matter—not
only help keep companies competitive but also allow them to grow and hire
more people.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, which was involved
in spearheading the new initiative, listed several reasons to make robotics
a priority:
Robotics can address a broad range of national needs such as advanced
manufacturing, logistics, services, transportation, homeland security,
defense, medicine, healthcare, space exploration, environmental monitoring,
and agriculture;
Robotics technology is reaching a “tipping point” and is poised for
explosive growth because of improvements in core technologies such as
microprocessors, sensors, and algorithms;
Robotics can play an important role in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) education because it encourages hands-on learning and
the integration of science, engineering, and creative thinking; and
Members of the research community such as the Computing Community
Consortium and program managers in key sciences have developed a shared
vision and an ambitious technical agenda for developing next-generation
robotic systems that can safely work with humans and augment human
capabilities.
But of course, the real reason behind the initiative: Obama loves robots.
cmu sensabot signed by barack obama national robotics initiative speech
Obama left his signature on the Sensabot, a robotic vehicle designed to
monitor dangerous environments. Photo: Byron Spice/Carnegie Mellon
University
Watch the speech:
Here are more reactions issued by leading roboticists:
“Investing in robotics is more than just money for research and development
, it is a vehicle to transform American lives and revitalize the American
economy. Indeed, we are at a critical juncture where we are seeing robotics
transition from the laboratory to generate new businesses, create jobs and
confront the important challenges facing our nation. The nation’s robotics
community is collectively poised to advance the technology and at the same
time accelerate the transition of these technologies from the lab into the
market.”
— Helen Greiner, president and CEO, CyPhy Works; president, Robotics
Technology Consortium; co-founder, iRobot
“A well coordinated National Robotics Initiative will provide the
leadership and investment necessary to accelerate the advancement of next
generation robotics technologies and knock down the regulatory and
technological barriers necessary to lead to wide spread adoption and
repatriation of US manufacturing jobs.”
— John Dulchinos, president and CEO, Adept Technology
“If we want to end the talk of a 'jobless recovery,' we should increase our
national investments in robotics and create millions of high-paying jobs in
the process. How? By developing improved robotics technology that can be
applied to reviving our manufacturing industries, protecting the environment
, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and helping provide quality care
for our growing elderly population.”
— Jeff Burnstein, president, Robotics Industry Association
"The United States has pioneered research in Robotics and Automation; we are
now poised to develop the next wave of robots that will dramatically
enhance the abilities of human workers in factories, labs, hospitals, and
homes."
— Ken Goldberg, professor of engineering and information, U.C. Berkeley
"Robotics is a game-changer! President Obama's National Robotics Initiative
will lead to new innovative technologies that will invigorate America's
manufacturing economy by creating new opportunities and new jobs, improve
our quality of life by revolutionizing health care and medicine, and make
our nation safer with the development of robots for defense, security and
emergency response."
— Vijay Kumar, professor, University of Pennsylvania
"The use of robotics in medicine and health care has seen substantial growth
in the last decade. Telerobotic systems are routinely used to perform
surgery, resulting in shorter recovery times and more reliable outcomes for
patients. Robotic rehabilitation systems are delivering physical and
occupational therapy, enabling treatment that is continuously adaptable to a
patient's needs. In the United States, robots are stimulating the
development of new treatments for a wide variety of diseases and disorders,
which will improve both the standard and accessibility of care."
— Allison Okamura, professor of mechanical engineering, Stanford University
; Maja Mataric, professor of computer science, neuroscience, and pediatrics,
University of Southern California
"RE2 Inc. is representative of small robotics engineering businesses across
the United States that are contributing to the economic growth of their
regions. These small businesses form the backbone of the new economy by
leveraging federal and private investments to create new high-tech jobs and
ensure that the United States remains a leader of global innovation."
— Jorgen Pedersen, president and CEO, RE2 | c******s
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: President Barack Obama loves robots. He’s invited bots to the White House
: and has even befriended a Japanese android. But now Obama has gone one step
: further: He’s decided to lead what may be a profound robotics revolution.
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barack obama national robotics initiative robots carnegie mellon
POTUS kept an eye on robots near him, just to make sure they were all
friendlies. Photo: White House
President Barack Obama loves robots. He’s invited bots to the White House
and has even befriended a Japanese android. But now Obama has gone one step
further: He’s decided to lead what may be a profound robotics revolution.
In a visit today to Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics
Engineering Center, Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, a
$500 million program to bring together industry, universities, and
government to invest in emerging technologies that can improve manufacturing
and create new businesses and jobs.
Robots are a big part of this effort. The administration's new National
Robotics Initiative seeks to advance "next generation robotics." The focus
is on robots that can work closely with humans—helping factory workers,
healthcare providers, soldiers, surgeons, and astronauts to carry out tasks.
"You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-
chief is to keep an eye on robots," Obama quipped at the beginning of his
speech. "And I'm pleased to report that the robots you manufacture here seem
peaceful. At least for now."
The National Robotics Initiative involves the National Science Foundation,
the National Institutes of Health, NASA, and the Department of Agriculture,
which combined will make available up to $70 million per year to fund new
robotics projects.
President Obama tours the Natl Robotics Engineering Center
Obama tours the National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon.
Photo: White House
Obama said he visited a local company, RedZone Robotics, which makes a robot
that explores water and sewer pipes [photo, below]. "It is fascinating
stuff," he said. "It can go through any sewer system. It’s operated
remotely by the municipal worker. It’s got a camera attached so it can film
everything that it’s seeing." Obama said the robot could potentially save
cities millions in infrastructure costs and create jobs for workers to
operate the robots and pore through the data collected.
I asked Dr. Henrik Christensen, a robotics professor at Georgia Tech who
helped to establish the new initiative, what technical challenges they plan
to attack. He explains that traditional robots are good at tasks that
require precision and repetition, but to work alongside human workers the
robots need to be smarter and safer.
"If we want to build a robot coworker, we need to have safer systems, new
materials, better sensors and actuators," he says.
One example is a robot that can observe a human worker performing a task—
say, assembling parts of a car—and replicate that task, with the human
supervising and assisting the robot if necessary. Another example is a robot
that can help workers pack goods in a pallet or truck in an optimal way, to
improve logistics.
The NSF, recently criticized for funding robotics projects some deemed
wasteful, and the other agencies explain that a broad range of research will
be funded, but with an emphasis on robotic systems as people's "co-workers,
co-inhabitants, co-explorers and co-defenders." From the program
solicitation:
This theme recognizes the emerging mechanical, electrical and software
technologies that will make the next generation of robotic systems able to
safely co-exist in close proximity to humans in the pursuit of mundane,
dangerous, precise or expensive tasks. Co-robots will need to establish a
symbiotic relationship with their human partners, each leveraging their
relative strengths in the planning and performance of a task. This means,
among other things, that for broad diffusion, access, and use (and hence, to
achieve societal impacts), co-robots must be relatively cheap, easy to use,
and available anywhere. As the US population ages and becomes more
culturally and linguistically diverse, these co-robots may serve to increase
the efficiency, productivity and safety of individuals in all activities
and phases of life, and their ubiquitous deployment has the potential to
measurably improve the state of national health, education and learning,
personal and public safety, security, the character and composition of a
heterogeneous workforce, and the economy, more generally.
"Our understanding of the applications of robotics technology has expanded,"
says Dr. Matt Mason, director of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. "
Robots are not just for dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs. Their greatest
value is working with people." He says that in addition to reinventing
manufacturing, robots will play ever more important roles in agriculture,
medicine, rehabilitation, and elder care.
barack obama visit redzone robotics carnegie mellon speech on national
robotics initiative
Obama with a robot built by RedZone Robotics for inspecting water and sewer
pipelines. Ron Wolf and Sub Vallapuzha of RedZone show the President how the
robot can be remotely controlled.
Photo: Tim Kaulen/Carnegie Mellon University
And why start a new initiative when agencies are already funding cutting-
edge robotics projects? Dr. Christensen of Georgia Tech says robotics
research has been too fragmented; what is needed now is coordination.
"The most important thing is that we keep track of the results and make sure
that innovations get transitioned to companies."
He says that claims that robots take jobs away from people don't take into
account the fact that robots—and other technologies, for that matter—not
only help keep companies competitive but also allow them to grow and hire
more people.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, which was involved
in spearheading the new initiative, listed several reasons to make robotics
a priority:
Robotics can address a broad range of national needs such as advanced
manufacturing, logistics, services, transportation, homeland security,
defense, medicine, healthcare, space exploration, environmental monitoring,
and agriculture;
Robotics technology is reaching a “tipping point” and is poised for
explosive growth because of improvements in core technologies such as
microprocessors, sensors, and algorithms;
Robotics can play an important role in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) education because it encourages hands-on learning and
the integration of science, engineering, and creative thinking; and
Members of the research community such as the Computing Community
Consortium and program managers in key sciences have developed a shared
vision and an ambitious technical agenda for developing next-generation
robotic systems that can safely work with humans and augment human
capabilities.
But of course, the real reason behind the initiative: Obama loves robots.
cmu sensabot signed by barack obama national robotics initiative speech
Obama left his signature on the Sensabot, a robotic vehicle designed to
monitor dangerous environments. Photo: Byron Spice/Carnegie Mellon
University
Watch the speech:
Here are more reactions issued by leading roboticists:
“Investing in robotics is more than just money for research and development
, it is a vehicle to transform American lives and revitalize the American
economy. Indeed, we are at a critical juncture where we are seeing robotics
transition from the laboratory to generate new businesses, create jobs and
confront the important challenges facing our nation. The nation’s robotics
community is collectively poised to advance the technology and at the same
time accelerate the transition of these technologies from the lab into the
market.”
— Helen Greiner, president and CEO, CyPhy Works; president, Robotics
Technology Consortium; co-founder, iRobot
“A well coordinated National Robotics Initiative will provide the
leadership and investment necessary to accelerate the advancement of next
generation robotics technologies and knock down the regulatory and
technological barriers necessary to lead to wide spread adoption and
repatriation of US manufacturing jobs.”
— John Dulchinos, president and CEO, Adept Technology
“If we want to end the talk of a 'jobless recovery,' we should increase our
national investments in robotics and create millions of high-paying jobs in
the process. How? By developing improved robotics technology that can be
applied to reviving our manufacturing industries, protecting the environment
, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and helping provide quality care
for our growing elderly population.”
— Jeff Burnstein, president, Robotics Industry Association
"The United States has pioneered research in Robotics and Automation; we are
now poised to develop the next wave of robots that will dramatically
enhance the abilities of human workers in factories, labs, hospitals, and
homes."
— Ken Goldberg, professor of engineering and information, U.C. Berkeley
"Robotics is a game-changer! President Obama's National Robotics Initiative
will lead to new innovative technologies that will invigorate America's
manufacturing economy by creating new opportunities and new jobs, improve
our quality of life by revolutionizing health care and medicine, and make
our nation safer with the development of robots for defense, security and
emergency response."
— Vijay Kumar, professor, University of Pennsylvania
"The use of robotics in medicine and health care has seen substantial growth
in the last decade. Telerobotic systems are routinely used to perform
surgery, resulting in shorter recovery times and more reliable outcomes for
patients. Robotic rehabilitation systems are delivering physical and
occupational therapy, enabling treatment that is continuously adaptable to a
patient's needs. In the United States, robots are stimulating the
development of new treatments for a wide variety of diseases and disorders,
which will improve both the standard and accessibility of care."
— Allison Okamura, professor of mechanical engineering, Stanford University
; Maja Mataric, professor of computer science, neuroscience, and pediatrics,
University of Southern California
"RE2 Inc. is representative of small robotics engineering businesses across
the United States that are contributing to the economic growth of their
regions. These small businesses form the backbone of the new economy by
leveraging federal and private investments to create new high-tech jobs and
ensure that the United States remains a leader of global innovation."
— Jorgen Pedersen, president and CEO, RE2 | c******s
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: POTUS kept an eye on robots near him, just to make sure they were all
: friendlies. Photo: White House
: President Barack Obama loves robots. He’s invited bots to the White House
: and has even befriended a Japanese android. But now Obama has gone one step
: further: He’s decided to lead what may be a profound robotics revolution.
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