{"66171":{"#nid":"66171","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Christensen Joins Board of Robotics Technology Consortium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Center for Manufacturing Sciences has named Henrik Christensen (Interactive Computing) to the Robotics Technology Consortium\u2019s Board of Directors. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rtc-wp.ncms.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERobotics Technology Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E (RTC) is a non-profit industry organization formed in 2008 to speed the creation and deployment of ground robotics technology for the U.S. Dept. of Defense and other government entities. The RTC, with a membership of nearly 200 large and small commercial companies, academic institutions and non-profit organizations, develops solutions to meet critical needs identified by the Office of the Secretary of Defense Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise (OSD\/JGRE) to support national security objectives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/people\/henrik-christensen\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EChristensen\u003C\/a\u003E is KUKA Chair of Robotics in the College of Computing\u2019s School of Interactive Computing, as well as director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rim.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003ERobotics and Intelligent Machines Center\u003C\/a\u003E (RIM@GT).\u0026nbsp; He is former chair of the European Robotics Research Network and led the 2008-09 Computing Research Association effort to develop a roadmap for U.S. robotics research. In March, Christensen \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/henrik-christensen-receive-2011-engelberger-award-robotics\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ereceived the Engelberger Award\u003C\/a\u003E, considered the world\u2019s highest honor in industrial robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Center for Manufacturing Sciences has named Henrik \nChristensen (Interactive Computing) to the Robotics Technology \nConsortium\u2019s Board of Directors. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2011-05-13 10:36:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:45","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11890","name":"henrik christensen"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}