“This hub will serve as a platform for the future development of the robotics industry,” says an official

Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/02/09
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) The exhibition center of a new robotics hub opened Friday at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) in Taichung, part of an effort to achieve six major goals using the hub as a platform for the robotics industry.

“This hub will serve as a platform for the future development of the robotics industry,” Science and Technology Minister Chen Liang-gee (陳良基) said at the official opening ceremony of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Robotics Hub at the CTSP, which was established last year.

According to Chen, his ministry will allocate NT$2 billion (US$6.78 million) to set up several robotics bases at the CTSP and the Southern Taiwan Science Park over a four-year period, with the aim of setting up 50 start-up businesses, attracting 600 teams to base themselves there, training 4,000 workers, producing 45 robotics application programs, accomplishing 30 key technologies/products and creating 1,450 jobs for technical experts.    [FULL  STORY]