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Search Results: keywords:"ROS-Industrial Consortium-Americas"

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 9374
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    The Cooperative Research Group on ROS-Industrial Consortium-Americas (RIC-Americas) has made changes to its membership, with Arc Specialties from Houston, TX joining the group. This was officially notified to both the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission on January 27, 2021, as per the requirements of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The group's membership remains open, and RIC-Americas plans to notify authorities about any future membership changes. This disclosure helps limit potential antitrust lawsuits to actual damages under certain conditions.

    Simple Explanation

    The Ros-Industrial Consortium-Americas is a group that works together to make robots better, and they've just added a new member from Houston called Arc Specialties. They told the important officials so they can avoid getting in big trouble with the rules for playing fair.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 1526
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    In December 2020, the Southwest Research Institute's Cooperative Research Group on ROS-Industrial Consortium-Americas (RIC-Americas) notified the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission about changes to its membership under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The changes include adding Surface Intelligent Science and Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and the Georgia Institute of Technology to the consortium. The updates are meant to maintain the Act's protection, which limits antitrust plaintiffs' recovery to actual damages in certain situations. Membership remains open, and the group plans to file further notifications regarding membership changes.

    Simple Explanation

    The notice is about a group working on robot technology that is letting two new members join. This group tells the government about their members to keep things fair and avoid any trouble with the rules about being fair in business.