TY - JOUR AU - Leydesdorff, Loet AB - AICOM Vol. 6 Nr. 2 June 1993 83 Research Performance in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: An International Comparison 'Alvey' in the UK and 'SKBS' in the Netherlands. Peter van den Besselaar Additionally, the European Community supports University of Amsterdam, Department of Social AI research, mainly as a part of the large 'Esprit' Science Informatics, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB program. While the economic perspective domi­ Amsterdam, Netherlands. nated in Japan and Europe, in the US AI has been Phone: +31205256795 or +31206632085; supported mainly by the military (the SDI fax: +31205256896; program). e-mail: peter@swi.psy.uva.nl Robotics is a field of research, related to AI, and many countries have special research programs for Loet Leydesdorff robotics, just as they do for AI. In the US, robotics University of Amsterdam, Department of has recently become a priority field of research Science Dynamics, Nieuwe Achtergracht 188, with rapidly increasing resources. Within the EC 1018 WV Amsterdam, Netherlands Esprit program, robotics has been a part of research on computer integrated manufacturing 1. Introduction (CIM). And in many European countries, special funds for robotics research have been established. During the last decades, there has been a general In the Netherlands, for example, there is a pro­ TI - Research Performance in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: An International Comparison JF - AI Communications DO - 10.3233/aic-1993-6201 DA - 1993-08-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/ios-press/research-performance-in-artificial-intelligence-and-robotics-an-YF1b1x1X0F SP - 83 EP - 91 VL - 6 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -