Robotics

Technology Map Contents

June 2008

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Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Industrial Robots
• Advantages and Disadvantages
• Industrial-Robot Hardware
• Industrial-Robot Control Systems
• Industrial-Robot Programming
• Industrial-Robot Sensors
• Machine-Vision Systems
• Non-Industrial-Robot Technologies
• Non-Industrial-Robot Architecture
• Sensors for Nonindustrial Robots
• Motion Systems, Actuators, and Manipulators
• Power Technologies
• Communication Systems
• Control Systems and Robot Software

Commercial Development Parameters

Areas to Monitor

• Industrial Robots
  • Robotics-Industry Structure
  • Emerging Economies and Globalization
  • Technology and Applications Advances
  • Convergence with Nonindustrial Robots
• Nonindustrial Robots
• The Aging Society
• Environmental Issues
• Military-Robot Implementation
• Media Attention
• Cultural and Regional Differences
• Consumer Cocreation
• Networks and Wireless Technologies
• Sliding Autonomy
• Human-Augmentation Technologies
• Toy or Tool?
• Power and Motion Technologies
• Structure of the Non-Industrial-Robot Industry
• Human-Robot Relationships
• Robot Standards
• New Materials
• Killer Applications
• Robot Safety and Liability
• Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life

Implications of Commercialization

• The Window of Opportunity
• Reduced Time to Market
• Flexible and Agile Manufacturing
• Labor Implications
• Human Interface
• Public Perception and Knowledge
• Human Augmentation
• Transport Systems

Opportunities

• Industrial Robots
• Defense Robots
• Professional-Service Robots
• Entertainment Robots
• Domestic Robots
• Health Care
• Technology Diffusion

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