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Do We 'Really' Need a Federal Robotics Commission? Part 2

In the previous post we presented Ryan Calo's case for a Federal Robotics Commission. Now let's discuss the pros and cons of such a federal agency. Mr. Calo addresses in his paper some of the criticisms he has encountered when speaking with different groups and individuals about the idea of a federal robotics agency. Mostly this revolves around the idea that more government bureaucracy is a good idea to help encourage innovation. That is where the really in the title comes from, as this seems to be many peoples responses to the idea of a federal agency to regulate robots. Cory Doctorow penned an article in the Guardian titled, Why it is not possible to regulate robots which summarizes some of this incredulity. 

JA Carette
By JA Carette
on Dec 09, 2014 11:13 AM. 4 min read time
 
Do We 'Really' Need a Federal Robotics Commission? Part 2

In the previous post we presented Ryan Calo's case for a Federal Robotics Commission. Now let's discuss the pros and cons of...

JA Carette
By JA Carette
on Dec 09, 2014 11:13 AM
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Do We 'Really' Need a Federal Robotics Commission?

The question of a federal agency for robotic innovation in the US is the proposition of a recent series of articles presented...

JA Carette
By JA Carette
on Dec 08, 2014 11:13 AM
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What Are the Challenges for Robotic Force Control

With the introduction of a force torque sensor to our product line-up a whole new aspect of robotics has been explored....

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 04, 2014 5:35 PM
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Fast Integration of 2-Finger 85 Adaptive Gripper on Universal Robots

Using robots is often associated with complexity and programming time sinks. With the introduction of collaborative robots,...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 03, 2014 8:26 AM
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Top 5 Applications using Universal Robots

The popularity of Universal Robots is undeniable. You may ask yourself why this robot is so popular in the robotic market. The...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 03, 2014 8:24 AM
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Contactless Robot Teleoperation at Arts et Métiers ParisTech

Robotic collaborative applications are mostly related to robots working autonomously alongside humans. The robot is helping...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 02, 2014 11:12 AM
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Robot Giving a Hand to Make... a Robot Hand!

Bringing humans and robots together in the same working environment is a big research and development theme across the global...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Nov 30, 2014 7:39 AM
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Industrial Robots in Collaborative Mode - The STROBAS Project

The robotic market is now exploding with various ''collaborative robots''. Almost all the main robot manufacturers have their...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Nov 29, 2014 11:06 PM
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Tribute to Mike Stilman

A couple of weeks a go we were in Atlanta for Fabtech. During our stay, we had the opportunity to visit the Georgia Tech...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Nov 27, 2014 9:39 AM
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