Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.89
May 08, 2023
…Community College of Allegheny County, or CCAC, and the ARM Institute last week announced that the Southwestern Pennsylvania Region's Build Back Better initiative is funding a makerspace. The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded the educational program through the initiative. “Community colleges are engines of regional economic development,” stated Dr. Justin Starr, endowed professor for advanced technologies at CCAC, in a release. “We are committed to providing affordable opportunities for upskilling, training, and pathways to family-sustaining wages,” he added. “The funding of the new Entrepreneurial Labs & Makerspace will enable us to build on our existing capabilities and support a greater…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.96
May 05, 2023
…over a period of four years. Since 2017, the ARM Institute said it has worked with its nearly 400 member organizations to catalyze 120+ robotics and workforce projects to strengthen U.S. manufacturing. The Institute facilitates collaboration between industry, government, and academia to propel solutions that address urgent needs in manufacturing. Operating as a non-profit organization, the ARM Institute acts as an honest broker between robotics and manufacturing stakeholders. ARM Institute will help guide makerspaces This funding will build upon existing capabilities within the makerspaces, enhance their equipment and offerings, and make their services more readily available. The services offered through…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.39
April 28, 2023
…purchase next-generation technologies, including robots. Larry Sweet is the ARM Institute's new director of engineering. The “ARM” in ARM Institute stands for “Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing.” The Pittsburgh-based institute was founded in 2017 and is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. Part of its mission is to help manufacturers decide which automated systems are the best for them. In September, the institute received $14.2 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration government as part of the Build Back Better Act. With that funding, the institute has established a Robotics Manufacturing Hub for small and medium-sized companies in the Southwestern…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.48
April 18, 2023
…Robotics Hub designed to assist small, midsize manufacturers The ARM Institute is the nation’s leading robotics Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Since 2017, the Institute has worked with its nearly 400 member organizations to catalyze 120+ robotics and workforce projects to strengthen U.S. manufacturing. The Institute facilitates collaboration between industry, government, and academia to propel solutions that address urgent needs in manufacturing. Operating as a non-profit organization, the ARM Institute acts as an honest broker between robotics and manufacturing stakeholders. Through the Robotics Manufacturing Hub, small and medium-sized manufacturers will work with ARM Institute experts to evaluate their operations, learn if robotics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.69
February 07, 2023
…drive developments in robotics and advanced manufacturing. While the ARM Institute is known for its investments in funding new technologies, it also spends a lot of time developing workforce development programs, Douglass said. In May 2021, ARM launched roboticscareer.org, an online resource that was designed to help people find robotic training programs near them. “It has 16,000 training programs on it, and it defines job skill sets in advanced manufacturing,” Douglass said, noting that people can find programs that help them become certified robotics operators. A lot of the training programs are free because they are being offered by the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.30
February 05, 2023
…2022. “Project Calls are crafted in collaboration with the ARM Institute’s internal team of experts, ARM Members, and our Department of Defense collaborators,” it said in a statement. ARM's funding critera ARM has given a total of $7.9 million for the projects. Participating companies and institutions are also helping fund the projects for a total contribution of about $16.6 million, ARM said. For this specific funding round, ARM decided to focus on projects that address the following topics: Adaptive Real-Time Path Planning and Control Human Action & Intention Prediction Robot Learning Feature and Pose Recognition and Estimation Virtual Commissioning of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.90
January 27, 2023
Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested $21.8 million in Machina Labs, a manufacturing company that uses AI and robotics to produce sheet metal products. Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin, which develops defense technologies, said it invested in Machina Labs through its venture division to bring “their advanced and agile manufacturing platform to our customers.” “We aim to operationalize and scale solutions with speed and effectiveness so the U.S. and our allies can stay ahead of emerging threats,” said Chris Moran, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Ventures. Machina Labs smiths factory of the future Machina Labs said it has developed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.35
January 11, 2023
…gap,” said Mary Ellen Rich, certification manager at the ARM Institute. “Effective training programs are critical to both recruiting the next generation of manufacturers and upskilling our current workforce. Congratulations to each of our endorsed programs on this well-earned recognition.” The ARM Institute is a public-private partnership sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. It brings together industry, government, and academia to make robots and artificial intelligence available to U.S. manufacturers of all sizes. In addition, the ARM Institute strives to empower the manufacturing workforce, strengthen global competitiveness, and improve national security and resilience. The Pittsburgh-based organization has more than…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.55
December 23, 2022
…such as biotech and healthcare. Initiatives such as the ARM Institute’s efforts around workforce development are addressing these shortfalls. U.S. unemployment remains low in spite of recessionary fears and increasing automation. Or is increasing automation actually a cause of higher employment? According to attendees of our webcasts, there was strong interest in robots that worked well with people, including cobot arms in welding, goods-to-person systems paired with automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), and collaborative mobile robots such as those from 6 River Systems or Locus Robotics. Emerging teleoperation tools and software to manage growing robot fleets also did well.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.92
December 06, 2022
…plenty of opportunity for career advancement. Additionally, employees are more open to the field than ever before. According to ARM Institute, 77% of workers say that they would be happy to work alongside robotics in manufacturing if it meant having to perform fewer manual processes.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.39
October 21, 2022
…How other standards efforts compare While MassRobotics, A3, the ARM Institute, and others have collaborated, other interoperability efforts are also under way. Most noteworthy are the OpenRMF free modular software and reference platform and the German VDA 5050 standard. “Open Robotics has been a great contributor to the industry,” acknowledged Theobald. “OpenRMF is more of an implementation than a standard. It was designed to work in a hospital in Singapore, but another company couldn’t just adopt it. We are in partnership discussions.” “There has been extensive proof ... that Open-RMF is an open-source initiative that enables interoperability and is available…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.92
October 03, 2022
…St Petersburg, Fla. Since its formation in 2017, the ARM Institute has been based in Pittsburgh. The new office is in the Tampa Bay Innovation Center. “Florida was the logical choice for the ARM Institute’s second location,” stated Suzy Teele, chief strategy officer of the ARM Institute. “There are over 13,000 manufacturing organizations in critical industry sectors such as aerospace, electronics, defense, apparel, and food production that can greatly benefit from advanced automation.” The ARM Institute is one of nine Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MII) funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. It said its mission is to make robotics, autonomy,…
