国家机器人路线图 A Roadmap for US Robotics -Robotics for a Better Tomorrow 2024.docx

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April30,2024

ARoadmapforUSRobotics

RoboticsforaBetterTomorrow

2024Edition

Organizedby:

UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego

UniversityofPennsylvania UniversityofTexas,Austin ArizonaStateUniversity OregonStateUniversity StanfordUniversityUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine

UniversityofMassachusetts,LowellUniversityofMinnesota,TwinCities UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaGEVernova

Sponsoredby:

UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoComputingCommunityConsortium

EngineeringResearchVisioningAllianceUniversityofPennsylvaniaUniversityofTexas,AustinArizonaStateUniversity

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ExecutiveSummary

Theme:RoboticsforaBetterTomorrow

Thefieldofroboticswasestablished70yearsago.Earlyindustrialsuccesseswerealsofirstseeninthe

USAandyettoday,theUSAisnolongertheleaderinrobotics.Whenthefirstnationalroboticsroadmapwaspublishedin2009USAwasconsidered4thinadoptionofroboticsforindustrialapplicationssuchasautomotive,aerospaceandappliances.Itwasleadingintheworldofhomerobotsandlogistics.Today,

15yearslater,theUSis10thworldwideinadoptionofroboticsandtheAsianmarketis5-10timesbigger

thantheUSmarket.Lastyear,Chinapurchased52%ofallrobotssold.ItisnolongerevidentthatroboticsisanationalpriorityintheUSA.

Thefieldofroboticsisataninflectionpoint.Componenttechnologiessuchasmaterials,embedded

systems,andartificialintelligenceareseeingexponentialgrowth,whichinturncatalyzemajorprogressinrobotics.Thefieldisrapidlychanging,bothintermsofscienceprogressandnewapplications.

Roboticswillimpactmostaspectsofourdailylivesinthenearfuture,fromourhomesoverworkto

leisureactivities.Alreadytoday82%ofthepopulationlivesinurbanenvironments,andthisisexpectedtoinc