Obama’s renewed push for high-tech innovation

The president announced a new initiative in high-tech manufacturing onFriday. The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership between the U.S. and advanced manufacturing corporations and foundations will entail a $500 million investment on the part of the U.S. government.

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President Obama listens as he is shown the Defense Advance Research Project Agency (DARPA) Car. The president toured Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in Pittsburgh on Friday, June 24 prior to announcing a new partnership between advanced manufacturing companies and the U.S. government.

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President Obama talks to the media during his tour of Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in Pittsburgh. "Carnegie Mellon is a great example of what it means to move forward," he said during his address later that day.

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President Obama arrives to speak at Carnegie Mellon University. He announced the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, a pairing of government and corporate resources to meant further high-tech innovation.

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President Obama shares the podium with two robotic vehicles as he makes remarks at the National Robotics Engineering Center.

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The president signs a robot after his speech.

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Sub Vallapuzha, right, and Ken Wolf show the President the workings of a pipe robot during his tour.

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A structural assembly of a lunar landing craft sits on display during a news conference at the Planetary Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University. President Obama visited the lab to announce a new $500 million initiative to partner the federal government with advanced manufacturing companies, educational institutions and foundations.

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Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally poses outside the New York Stock Exchange on June 7. As part of the government's new Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, the Department of Energy will launch an initiative with Ford and the National Association of Manufacturers to create an education program for "a new generation of manufacturers."

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King Albert II of Belgium visits the Caterpillar factory in Charleroi, Belgium, on May 31. Caterpillar is among the U.S. manufacturers that will make up the new Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. The Partnership will also include Allegheny Technologies, Corning, Dow Chemical, Ford, Honeywell, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Northrop Grumman, Procter & Gamble, and Stryker.

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Wesley "Wes" Bush, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman, speaks to a reporter at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 19, 2010. One of the world's leading corporate players in national security, Northrop is among 12 companies to initially join the president's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. The Defense Department has $24 million in the 2011 fiscal year set aside for investments in domestic manufacturing technology to address the nation's security needs such as transparent armor, targeting systems and stealth technology.

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Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris hosts the closing ceremonies of the National Summit on June 17, 2009. Dow, a leading chemicals manufacturer, is among the initial 12 companies to join the president's Advanced Manufacturing partnership. Liveris will join with Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield to lead the president's initiative.

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President Obama tours the research laboratory at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 23, 2009. From left are, Alex Slocum, MIT President Susan Hockfield and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D). Hockfield, along with Dow Chemical chairman, president and CEO Andrew Liveris, will lead the president's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership.

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