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The nearly invincible robotics industry

Government orders buffering firms from downturn

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By Hiawatha Bray
Globe Staff / April 17, 2009

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The recession that's hammered the global economy appears to have spared the robot makers gathering in Boston this week. Executives at the RoboBusiness Conference & Expo at the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center said that demand for military robots, combined with the likely effects of President Obama's economic stimulus package, is helping to offset a slowdown in commercial orders and ... (Full article: 611 words)

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