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      "label": "Check item license",
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    },
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      "label": "Facts + commentary",
      "short": "Extract facts; do not mirror"
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      "short": "Link, summarize, request rights"
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      "label": "Lead source only",
      "short": "Trace claims upstream"
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "primary": true
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        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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        "compute-control",
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      "reuseGuidance": "Record protocol and conformance facts with exact source pages. Do not mirror specifications, logos or member materials without permission.",
      "primary": true
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        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "primary": true
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      "primary": true
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        "interfaces-integration"
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      "primary": true
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        "interfaces-integration"
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      "cadence": "Per component verification",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Record a listing fact, scope, identifier and verification date. Do not copy the database, certificates or marks; verify linking and account terms.",
      "primary": true
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      "id": "arxiv-cs-ro",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "cadence": "Weekdays",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "arXiv metadata is CC0, but full-text redistribution depends on the license shown for that paper/version. Link to the abstract and verify figure rights separately.",
      "primary": true
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "primary": true
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "cadence": "Weekly in programme season",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Summarize findings and cite the paper/version. Check the item license before reproducing figures, tables or substantial text.",
      "primary": true
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      "name": "IEEE-RAS Humanoids",
      "group": "Research",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "cadence": "Monthly; weekly in programme season",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use as a paper and author discovery layer; verify every reuse right at the paper or repository level.",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "rss",
      "name": "Robotics: Science and Systems",
      "group": "Research",
      "geography": "Global",
      "url": "https://roboticsconference.org/",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "cadence": "Weekly in programme season",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Link and summarize. Check the license on the paper, video, code and project site independently before reuse.",
      "primary": true
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    {
      "id": "corl",
      "name": "Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)",
      "group": "Research",
      "geography": "Global",
      "url": "https://www.corl.org/",
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Robot-learning methods, datasets, compute assumptions and embodied-system demonstrations.",
      "cadence": "Weekly in submission/programme season",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use the conference as discovery; follow paper, dataset and code links and record each artifact license separately.",
      "primary": true
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      "id": "ieee-ral",
      "name": "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters",
      "group": "Research",
      "geography": "Global",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Peer-reviewed mechanisms, sensing, control and system validation with a fast publication cycle.",
      "cadence": "Weekly",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Cite and summarize. IEEE open-access licenses vary; non-open-access article components generally require permission for republication.",
      "primary": true
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      "name": "Science Robotics",
      "group": "Research",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "High-impact robot systems, new mechanisms, validation and supplementary materials.",
      "cadence": "Weekly",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Summarize with direct citation and inspect the article license and supplementary-material terms before any reproduction.",
      "primary": true
    },
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      "id": "ifr",
      "name": "International Federation of Robotics (IFR)",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "useClass": "PERMISSION",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use statistics as attributed facts with edition and page/source noted. IFR prohibits duplication, transmission or alteration without consent except where law permits; do not copy charts or report pages.",
      "primary": true
    },
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      "id": "jara",
      "name": "Japan Robot Association (JARA)",
      "group": "Industry data",
      "geography": "Japan",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "useClass": "PERMISSION",
      "reuseGuidance": "Summarize attributed facts and follow JARA linking conditions. JARA states that reproduction or republication without permission is prohibited.",
      "primary": true
    },
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      "id": "a3",
      "name": "Association for Advancing Automation (A3)",
      "group": "Industry data",
      "geography": "North America",
      "url": "https://www.automate.org/",
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "cadence": "Monthly; quarterly statistics",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Extract attributed market facts and link to the release. Do not reproduce charts, articles, images or standards content without rights clearance.",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "caict",
      "name": "China Academy of Information and Communications Technology",
      "group": "Industry data",
      "geography": "China",
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Chinese policy research, white papers, standards activity and embodied-intelligence infrastructure analysis.",
      "cadence": "Monthly",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Summarize in RCI wording, retain the original Chinese title and publication date, and verify the rights notice before reusing tables or figures.",
      "primary": true
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      "group": "Patents & filings",
      "geography": "Global",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "PCT applications, applicants, inventors, priority dates, classifications and early technology disclosures.",
      "cadence": "Weekly saved searches",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use bibliographic and legal-status facts with document identifiers. Check rights before reproducing drawings, long claim text or full documents.",
      "primary": true
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      "termsUrl": "https://www.epo.org/en/legal/terms",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
      ],
      "signal": "Worldwide patent families, classifications, citations, legal events and file-wrapper links.",
      "cadence": "Weekly saved searches",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use Espacenet for human search and bibliographic verification; EPO directs automated retrieval to OPS and states that Espacenet is not for bulk retrieval.",
      "primary": true
    },
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      "id": "uspto",
      "name": "USPTO Patent Center and Open Data",
      "group": "Patents & filings",
      "geography": "United States",
      "url": "https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
      ],
      "signal": "US applications, assignments, prosecution records, classifications and applicant changes.",
      "cadence": "Weekly saved searches",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Record public-record facts and identifiers. Check document-level notices and USPTO data terms before redistributing images or bulk records.",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "cnipa",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Chinese patent applications, assignees, classifications and legal status.",
      "cadence": "Weekly saved searches",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use bibliographic facts and RCI analysis; record the Chinese title and publication number. Do not bulk mirror documents without a verified permission basis.",
      "primary": true
    },
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      "group": "Patents & filings",
      "geography": "Japan",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Japanese patents, utility models, designs and legal-status records.",
      "cadence": "Weekly saved searches",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use record facts and document identifiers with access date; verify terms before reproducing database pages, drawings or bulk data.",
      "primary": true
    },
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      "id": "sec-edgar",
      "name": "SEC EDGAR",
      "group": "Patents & filings",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Revenue segments, customer concentration, supply risks, acquisitions, capacity, contracts and product strategy.",
      "cadence": "Event-driven; quarterly",
      "useClass": "OPEN",
      "reuseGuidance": "The SEC states that government-created content and EDGAR public filing content are free to access and reuse. Attribute the filer/form/date and inspect exhibits for third-party material.",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "edinet",
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      "group": "Patents & filings",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Japanese securities filings, segment results, risk factors, facilities and major customers.",
      "cadence": "Event-driven; quarterly",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Extract filing facts with issuer, document ID and filing date. Check FSA/EDINET terms and embedded third-party rights before redistributing filings or graphics.",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "tdnet",
      "name": "TDnet timely disclosures",
      "group": "Patents & filings",
      "geography": "Japan",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy"
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      "signal": "Fast product, order, capacity, partnership, restructuring and earnings disclosures from listed companies.",
      "cadence": "Daily watchlist",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use as a time-stamped primary filing lead and summarize in RCI wording. Verify issuer attachments and usage terms before reproduction.",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "cninfo",
      "name": "CNInfo / 巨潮资讯",
      "group": "Patents & filings",
      "geography": "China",
      "url": "https://www.cninfo.com.cn/new/index",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy"
      ],
      "signal": "Mainland listed-company announcements, investor Q&A, annual reports, capacity and customer disclosures.",
      "cadence": "Daily watchlist",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Record issuer, announcement ID, date and page. Summarize facts; do not mirror full PDFs or graphics without checking portal and issuer rights.",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "mops",
      "name": "Taiwan MOPS",
      "group": "Patents & filings",
      "geography": "Taiwan",
      "url": "https://mops.twse.com.tw/mops/web/index",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy"
      ],
      "signal": "Monthly revenue, material information, financial reports and supplier-company disclosures.",
      "cadence": "Monthly + event-driven",
      "useClass": "FACTS",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use filing facts with company, report period and retrieval date. Verify terms before bulk extraction or document reproduction.",
      "primary": true
    },
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      "id": "ros-docs",
      "name": "ROS documentation",
      "group": "Open engineering",
      "geography": "Global",
      "url": "https://docs.ros.org/",
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Supported distributions, middleware, drivers, control interfaces and software lifecycle.",
      "cadence": "Monthly + release alerts",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Cite distribution and version. Follow links to the source repository and check its license before copying documentation or code.",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "ros-index",
      "name": "ROS Index",
      "group": "Open engineering",
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      "url": "https://index.ros.org/",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Packages, maintainers, repositories, released versions and device-driver availability.",
      "cadence": "Weekly",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Use package metadata as discovery and verify the repository, release, supported ROS distribution and license at a fixed commit.",
      "primary": true
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      "name": "ROS Discourse",
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      "url": "https://discourse.ros.org/",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Release announcements, deprecations, standards discussions, maintainer feedback and integration failures.",
      "cadence": "Daily / weekly digest",
      "useClass": "LEAD",
      "reuseGuidance": "Treat posts as attributed leads and community testimony, not independent performance proof. Link to the thread; avoid copying long posts or private-group material.",
      "primary": false
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      "name": "GitHub robotics repositories",
      "group": "Open engineering",
      "geography": "Global",
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "BOMs, URDF/CAD, device drivers, firmware, issues, releases and verified integration evidence.",
      "cadence": "Weekly watchlists + release alerts",
      "useClass": "ITEM_LICENSE",
      "reuseGuidance": "Public visibility alone does not grant broad reuse. Pin the commit and check LICENSE, notices, submodules and asset-specific terms before copying; otherwise link and summarize.",
      "primary": true
    },
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      "id": "nist-robotics",
      "name": "NIST Robotics",
      "group": "Government & programs",
      "geography": "United States",
      "url": "https://www.nist.gov/topics/robotics",
      "coverage": [
        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "signal": "Measurement science, test methods, benchmarks, safety and performance research.",
      "cadence": "Monthly",
      "useClass": "OPEN",
      "reuseGuidance": "US government-authored material is generally reusable, but verify each page/file for contractor, publisher or third-party notices and attribute NIST.",
      "primary": true
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "primary": true
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "primary": true
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        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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      "cadence": "Monthly saved searches",
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      "primary": true
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        "motion-actuation",
        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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        "perception-sensing",
        "compute-control",
        "power-energy",
        "interfaces-integration"
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