Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.23
December 09, 2021
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute today announced the promotion of three current employees to reflect the increasing diversity of the organization's capabilities at it continues to promote U.S. competitiveness. Dr. Charles (Chuck) Brandt has been promoted from senior director of technology development to vice president of technical initiatives. Arnold (Arnie) Kravitz's role has been modified from chief technology officer to chief innovation officer. Suzanne (Suzy) Teele has been promoted from head of marketing and communications to vice president of strategic initiatives and outreach at the organization. “These newly created roles reflect each individual’s expanding responsibilities and contributions…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.49
November 24, 2021
This week, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute announced two new project calls. The Pittsburgh-based organization is seeking proposals for the use of augmented reality for manufacturing and sustainment and for the use of artificial intelligence and robotics in depot factories, as well as auditors for its training endorsement program. ARM-TEC-21-03, the special call for technology projects, will award a single project up to $4.8 million, while the ARM-EWD-21-05 education and workforce development call said that up to 10 endorsement auditors will be reimbursed for costs in a one-year contract. The ARM Institute is a public-private consortium dedicated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.40
November 06, 2021
…Pittsburgh-West Virginia area. The Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute this week opened applications for its fellowship program in support of the AIM Higher Consortium. Artificial Intelligence in Metals and Manufacturing (AIM) Higher is led by Catalyst Connection with more 30 academic, economic development, technology institute, and manufacturing partners from around the region. The program is funded by the Department of Defense Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (DoD-OLDCC, previously the Office of Economic Adjustment). The AIM Higher Consortium will directly support the office’s mission to enhance the readiness, resiliency, and innovation of the national defense manufacturing supply chain.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.53
November 02, 2021
…of Education and the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute. The ARM Institute chose Universal Robots (UR) as the first robotics manufacturer for its endorsement program based on UR's Educational Robotics Training program. Ohio is the first U.S. state to evaluate and add UR courses to its Industry-Recognized Credential List. The UR courses count as six credits for the 2021-2022 school year and onward, said the Odense, Denmark-based company. “These endorsements mean the world to schools hoping to introduce hands-on cobot courses in their classrooms,” said Corey Adams, channel development manager at Universal Robots. “The educational legitimacy of UR…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.40
October 27, 2021
…organizations such as MassRobotics, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), and the Robot Operations Group (ROG) have been discussing robot interoperability in heterogeneous environments. However, Open Robotics has been taking an open-source approach for a few years already, said Gerkey. “Compared with companies in the robot operations, or RobOps software space, some of them are focused on ways to manage a single kind of fleet,” he said. “Other groups are looking to establish a standard. We're not really looking to dictate standards, which don't always work in the fast-moving world of robotics.” “We…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.57
October 24, 2021
…they were able to identify partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other schools. “We later brought in more students from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Waterloo in Toronto,” said Suvarna. “One unique aspect of our team is that it was entirely student-led. All the other teams had professors on site. I worked with Andrew Tresansky from MIT to manage people.” “We figured out how to manage the teams, technology, and business across locations during the pandemic,” she added. “We raised all our money by going directly to sponsors, not to the schools.” The team…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.83
October 23, 2021
…West Point with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India), Universidad de San Buenaventura (Colombia) Cavalier Autonomous Racing – University of Virginia EuroRacing – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), University of Pisa (Italy), ETH Zürich (Switzerland), Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) MIT-PITT-RW – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Waterloo (Canada) PoliMOVE – Politecnico di Milano (Italy), University of Alabama TUM Autonomous Motorsport – Technische Universität München (Germany) University IAC teams. Source: Indy Autonomous Challenge ADLINK…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.73
October 20, 2021
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor is providing a grant to retrain people in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area who were unemployed or displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Connecting Talent to Careers Project” is intended to create a comprehensive national capability for talent identification and attraction for manufacturers nationwide. The ARM Institute is leading the project, which is receiving $2.997 million from the Labor Department’s National Dislocated Worker Grant and $650,000 in non-federal funds. “The COVID-19 pandemic hit manufacturers in an unexpected and unprecedented way in 2020 and 2021,” stated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.34
October 19, 2021
…HARTING Technology Group. The German company is the logistics arm of HARTING, one of the world’s largest suppliers of products that enable industrial automation. To provide an answer, the logistics team started with that question and then worked backwards. How much storage capacity might be needed to support that level of sales? How many new items will be introduced each year? And how many line items, parcels and weight would have to move each day to achieve that level of sales? Harting finds partners HARTING worked with Körber AG, a global systems integrator, as well as the Institute for Materials…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.57
October 16, 2021
…is fourth and final article in the Southwest Research Institute's series on collaborative robots. In previous posts, we examined the benefits and limitations of cobots. Assuming you’ve decided that a cobot is indeed the right choice for your application, read on. Now let's look at how to pick the right cobot from the many options on the market. Factors to consider when cobot shopping As described in previous posts, cobots are not all the same in either performance or ease of use. Cobots can fill a wide range of roles, but the best cobot for teaching and educational purposes may…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.30
October 15, 2021
…A3, MassRobotics, and ROG, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute is working on an interoperability project with Siemens, FedEx, Yaskawa, Waypoint, and the University of Memphis. Since some of the participants are in multiple groups, they are able to coordinate efforts and focus on different aspects of the challenge. “Now that the MassRobotics standard is published, they can use it in their projects where it's applicable,” said Walker. “We've been talking with anyone who will listen about this, and customers should push for adoption. Because it's lightweight, there's no fear if they decide to follow it.” At the A3…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.36
October 04, 2021
About six years ago, the CEO of Toyota Research Institute published a seminal paper about whether a Cambrian explosion was coming for robotics. The term “Cambrian explosion” refers to an important event approximately half a billion years ago in which there was a rapid expansion of different forms of life on earth. There are parallels with the field of robotics as modern technological advancements are fueling an analogous explosion in the diversification and applicability of robots. Today, we’re seeing this Cambrian explosion of robotics unfolding, and consequently, many distinct patterns are emerging. I’ll outline the top three trends that are…
