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What are robots good for? Most of us hope they’ll work with us in various ways to make our world a better place. On Friday, the U.S. government announced $50 million in grants intended to nudge robotics down that helpful path.

The projects receiving grants under the National Robotics Initiative are all for what are considered next-generation collaborative robots, or co-robots. They include robots that will be useful to everyone from soldiers on the battlefield to factory workers, deep-sea explorers and restaurant chefs.