Commissie en Europese industrie willen meer innovatie in robots (en)
Met dank overgenomen van Directoraat-generaal Communicatienetwerken, Inhoud en Technologie (CNECT), gepubliceerd op dinsdag 18 september 2012.
The European Commission, industry and academia have agreed to launch a Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Robotics, to help Europe-based companies take a larger share of the €15.5 billion annual global robotics market. Representatives from European robotics manufacturers, research institutes joined European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes in signing a Memorandum of Understanding, the first step towards a PPP launch in 2013. The Commission believes that the future PPP will strengthen the EU robotics sector.