Comment Neelie (Kroes)

[...] The EU has already committed 700 million euros for robotics research in our next funding programme. And the industry has agreed to match that three to one. With over 200 members expected, together employing over 12,000 researchers and developers. That would make it the largest civilian robotics research and development programme in the world. Something which will all together create 75,000 new qualified jobs in service robotics, and 140,000 new jobs in wider service industries, and a boost of €80 billion to GDP.