In the past, corporate environmental plansvwere mostly cost burdens relating to regulatory compliance, with perhaps a touch of the public relations image of being socially responsible. In the past few years, this has changed dramatically—“green” is becoming a business profit opportunity.

 Future robot systems cannot be a mere extrapolation of today’s technology, but should generate whole new application arenas.

  Owners must be proactive, rather than responsive, to optimize the terms of a recapitalization.