President Barack Obama, stands next to a robotic arm, as he speaks about manufacturing innovation institutes, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama announced new Pentagon and private-sector partnerships aimed at beefing up advanced manufacturing technology in the US to be based initially in Chicago and Detroit. The partnerships are funded with $140 million from the Pentagon and matched by area university and business consortiums. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)