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  <title><![CDATA[Georgia Tech Makes List of Ten Best Universities for Robotics in the U.S.]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.robotics.gatech.edu/">Georgia Tech’s Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines</a>&nbsp;is led by Henrik I. Christensen, a noted roboticist and thinker&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/driverless-cars-2014-4">who recently speculated</a>&nbsp;that children born today will never have to drive a conventional car. He’s constantly cited as a source for where robotics is heading in the future, even&nbsp;<a href="http://www.robotics.gatech.edu/newsroom/features/google">speculating here</a>&nbsp;as to what Google will do with all its recent robotics acquisitions.</p><p>The program aims to give students an understanding of&nbsp;a diversity&nbsp;of robotics topics, such as mechanics, interaction, perception, and artificial intelligence and cognition.</p>]]></body>
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