Brussels, 04/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 3 June, the European Commission and 180 companies and research organisations (under the umbrella of euRobotics) launched the world's largest civilian research and innovation programme in robotics. Covering manufacturing, agriculture, health, transport, civil security and households, the initiative - called SPARC - is the EU's industrial policy effort to strengthen Europe's position in the global robotics market (€60 billion a year by 2020)....