If the robot market does not experience significant growth, the entire industry may not survive. "Fallout has forced the robotics industry to look outside of its comfort zone and move into emerging energy technologies like batterries, wind, solar power," said Roger Christian, Vice President of Marketing and International Groups at Motoman Inc. He also predicted growing demand for robotics in healthcare and the food and beverage industry. Under the Obarma administration, there were economic incentive devoted to R&D in alternative energy industries. For example, "the stimulus Act passed by Congress in early 2009, a US787 billion package of tax cuts, state aid, and government contractes, has made some impact on the alternative energy market in favor of robotics.