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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "name": "OMRON"
        },
        {
          "name": "Agile Robots"
        },
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          "name": "University of Cambridge"
        },
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          "name": "Sorbonne University"
        },
        {
          "name": "Queen Mary University of London"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "region": "Tokyo",
        "country": "JP"
      },
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      ],
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        },
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        "category": "sensor",
        "channels": [
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        ],
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        },
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          "distributors"
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        },
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        "category": "sensor",
        "channels": [
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          "distributors"
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          }
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}