Patent Network Analysis and Quadratic Assignment Procedures to Identify the Convergence of Robot Technologies

Because of the remarkable developments in robotics in recent years, technological convergence has been active in this area. We focused on finding patterns of convergence within robot technology using network analysis of patents in both the USPTO and KIPO. To identify the variables that affect conver...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lee, Woo Jin, Lee, Won Kyung, Sohn, So Young
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072598/