EM Hosts Meeting on Robotic Devices for Public, Private Sector Entities

ARLINGTON, Va. – People gathered for an EM-hosted technical interchange meeting late last month on industrial applications for human-wearable and attachable robotic devices. Participants identified initiatives by federal agencies to enable the devices for industry use, determined opportunities to transfer medical and military applications to industry, and laid out requirements needed for deployment. Company representatives participated in the meeting and shared initiatives to expand use of the wearables. The meeting was part of a collaboration by federal agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center. Technologists, regulators, researchers, stakeholders, international representatives, officials from government, academia, and industry, and others attended.