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America Needs a Bold Innovation Strategy

By Frank Tobe | March 3, 2009

Obama’s new Chief of Technology needs to be robot-friendly

Accelerating robotic development not only needs a CTO but also an innovation action plan

America ranks #8 in global innovation; government focus can help move us up

Thousands of geeky, brilliant engineering wonks at MIT, Stanford and campuses around the country are pouring their hearts into cool new ideas

About The Author

Frank Tobe

Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics industry, the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. The index of ~90 companies in 13 sub-sectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies.