The following contains excerpts from Summary Report of the Workshop on
Research Needs in Robotics and Intelligent. Machines for Emerging Ind
ustrial and Service Applications. The Workshop was sponsored by the Na
tional science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the IEEE U.S. Act
ivities Board, and the Robotic Industries Association. The entire docu
ment and attachments may be found on the World Wide Web at www.sandia.
gov/iscr/RIMCC_Whitepaper.html.