[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/ro\/article\/modal\/5877\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n      1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n      2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n      3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n        \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n  \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ERobotics 2020: a challenge and a target for Europe\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional industrial robots have had a vital role in maintaining the competitiveness of the European manufacturing industry. While this will continue and widen, it is robots outside of these traditional functions that will have increasing importance and provide opportunities for rapid market growth. The significant short- to medium-term opportunities will be in areas such as agriculture, healthcare, security and transport, while in the longer term robots will enter almost all areas of human activity including the home.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe use of industrial robots in large manufacturing companies is generally well established and understood. To expand the market, smaller scale and \u003Cspan class=\u0022definition\u0022\u003Esmall to medium-sized enterprise\u003C\/span\u003E (SME) manufacturing needs to embrace smart robotics to maintain efficiency and create jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaising the output and efficiency of SME manufacturers will have a significant impact on Europe\u2019s manufacturing and employment capacity. In turn, this will increase overall employment as companies expand into markets considered inaccessible given Europe\u2019s comparative labour costs.\u0026nbsp;Increasingly, Europe will not only be competing against low-wage economies, but also highly automated ones. Leadership in robotics technology will be a key differentiator of market share in many sectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese smart robot technologies and their integration into existing product markets will enable the exploitation of latent potential for a wide range of European manufacturers and service providers. In food security, autonomous transportation, automated farming and livestock management, as well as in improving healthcare delivery, and environmental monitoring, robots have the potential to provide cost-effective services, and enable the efficient delivery of high-value services.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESustained investment\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobots will transform almost every industry and service sector. Europe has the potential to lead this process, but this requires sustained investment in research, innovation, companies, and in the infrastructures needed to integrate robotics technology within our systems and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt its completion, the EU\u2019s 2007-2013 funding programme FP7 directly funded some 130 robotics-based research projects involving around 500 organisations with total grants of some EUR 536 million. Other funding with elements related to robotics amounted to some EUR 170 million. This unique level of investment has yielded a vibrant and active research community within Europe both in academia and industry. Europe therefore has a strong basis on which to innovate and create. The focus of the next funding programme, Horizon 2020, concentrated closer to the market and encompassing innovation, will help to leverage this advantage for the European robotics community as new markets and service opportunities are created.\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022text-center text-blue font-bold text-2xl w-full lg:w-1\/2 border-2 border-blue p-12 my-8 lg:m-12 lg:-ml-16 float-left\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cspan class=\u0022text-5xl rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n  \u003Cp class=\u0022font-serif italic\u0022\u003E\u2018Robots will enter almost all areas of human activity including the home.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n  \u003Cfooter\u003E\n    \u003Ccite class=\u0022not-italic font-normal text-sm text-black\u0022\u003EProfessor Bruno Siciliano, the University of Naples Federico II, Italy\u003C\/cite\u003E\n  \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Robotics technology will become dominant in the coming decade. It will influence every aspect of work and home. Robotics has the potential to transform lives and work practices, raise efficiency and safety levels, provide enhanced levels of service, and create jobs. Its impact will grow over time as will the interaction between robots and people.\u2019 - This is the vision of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eu-robotics.net\/cms\/upload\/PDF\/SRA2020_0v42b_Printable_.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003ERobotics 2020\u003C\/a\u003E, an initiative containing the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for Robotics in Europe drafted by the European Association of Robotics (euRobotics aisbl) along with the advent of Horizon 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobotics 2020 will lead to a public-private partnership (PPP) to link the science base to the marketplace, a connection that ultimately benefits society. 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