EU forced Robot Evolution

The European Union (EU) wants the robot development in the EU countries accelerate and provides for a funding of 700 million euros. The global market for robotics currently stands at 22 billion euros and by 2020 there will be 60 billion euros. Europe's market share in this sector is currently at 35 percent, making it the market leader. The announcement for the promotion of robotics was informed at the Munich trade fair Automatica.

The funding initiative was called the SPARC and is intended to provide a forecast by more than 240,000 new jobs.European industry could afford a total investment of 2.1 billion euros in the area. At Automatica this year is on the service robot in the center. In the robotics industry is expected to double-digit growth in the coming years. The logistics, nursing, medicine, agriculture and maintenance have a particularly high demand for service robots. The security and surveillance robots are also in high demand.

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Dell Precision M2800- New high performance entry-level workstation

The new entry-level workstation Dell Precision M2800 is designed to provide high capacity (16 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) at a low price and is now available in the Dell online store.

The Dell Precision M2800 Mobile Workstation is specially designed for price-conscious customers who still need high quality and great performance. This gives them an ISV-certified system with graphics capabilities on a professional level. The mobile workstation on the 15.6-inch (39.6 cm) is certified for leading applications such as Autodesk AutoCAD, Inventor and Revit, SolidWorks and PTC Creo.

High storage capacity

The Dell Precision M2800 offers a choice of processors, the fourth-generation Intel Core i5 or i7 and a AMD FirePro W4170M graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. Up to 16 GB RAM and 1 TB of disk space for graphics and computationally intensive applications to enable smooth working on the move. The Dell Precision M2800 Mobile Workstation is in stock with prices starting at 1,499 euros available (plus tax and shipping).

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