Highlighting the WTEC International Study of Robotics
The National Science Foundation (NSF) hosted an exhibition of robotics research on September 16, 2005. The daylong event included a media briefing on the findings of a new study, the World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) International Study of Robotics. The video on this page shows that media briefing.
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