Memo to the President on a National Robotics Strategy
Securing U.S. Leadership at the Convergence of AI and Robotics
I'm Ylli Bajraktari, CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project. Today, I'm excited to share the eleventh episode of our #MemosToThePresident Series. I sat down with Director for Platforms, Abigail Kukura, and Associate Director for Economy, Brady Helwig, to highlight our newest memo on the convergence of AI and Robotics. This memo builds off an amazing event we hosted in October of last year, the AI+Robotics Summit. Revisit the entire day’s conversations on our SCSP YouTube Channel here.
I hope you enjoy the conversation.
Securing U.S. leadership in AI and robotics is crucial for America’s economic competitiveness and national security. Through coordinated action across government, industry, and academia, the United States can build a robust domestic robotics ecosystem while accelerating adoption across critical sectors with these three objectives:
Set national-level technology goals for robotics that ensure U.S. leadership in development, deployment, and responsible use, driving economic growth, enhancing national security, and improving quality of life.
Accelerate the adoption of robotics and embodied AI across U.S. industries to enhance competitiveness and strengthen the American workforce.
Achieve strategic independence for the U.S. robotics industry, ensuring a resilient domestic ecosystem capable of leading innovation, production, and deployment without undue reliance on any country of concern, especially China.
Success in this endeavor will require sustained commitment and investment, but the economic and strategic benefits of leadership in robotics and embodied AI make this effort essential to securing America’s technological future.
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