And he called for a permanent tax credit on high-technology research and development.
The key objective of the project presented in the paper regards to building advanced technology platform for research and development of personal robots aimed to use for different purpose, e.g. robot-entertainer, battler, robot for medical care, security robot, etc.
IRAP provides seed grants to kick-start advanced corporate research and development programs.
"The biggest advantage is safety," said Jim Renton, director of structures technology for Phantom Works, the Boeing Company's advanced research and development unit.
Coefficients of friction in the tribocontacts were estimated based on available information in the literature on the average passenger car in use today, a car with today's advanced commercial tribological technology, a car with today's best advanced technology based upon recent research and development, and a car with the best technology forecasted in the next 10 years.
An advanced research and development center is expected to open in Conover, N.C., next year.
Nordic companies are strong in technology and research and development.
Mr. O'Hara, director of advanced research and development at Patagonia, the outdoor clothing maker, said he had applied the program's thinking in his job, which involves working with outside companies to explore new technologies and business concepts.
This basic research advances our understanding in a broad array of fields, and serves as the basis for more advanced research and development, yielding great benefit to society.
