Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing

Formation	2017;8 years ago (2017)
Type	Public–private partnership
Focus	Robotics, Manufacturing
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States
Website	arminstitute.org

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM), also known as ARM Institute, is a consortium created in 2017 through a Department of Defense grant won by Carnegie Mellon University. ^[1] ARM is structured as a public-private partnership and the Manufacturing USA Institutes, a network of 16 institutes dedicated to advancing technologies used in manufacturing. ^{[2] [3]} ARM was the 14th institute created and focuses on funding innovations in robotics and workforce development. ^[4]

History

ARM was founded in January 2017 as the 14th Manufacturing USA Institute with $80M in federal funding. ^[5] A proposal team led by Carnegie Mellon University won the grant to create ARM, though more than 200 partners pledged support for the institute during the proposal phase. ^{[6] [7]}

Structure

Like the other Manufacturing USA institutes, ARM operates as a membership-based consortium with more than 200 national members spanning industry, academia, and government. ^[8] ARM periodically releases separate technology and workforce development project calls. Members then form teams to bid for funding. ^{[9] [10]} The project calls center on areas where robotics and/or better workforce development initiatives could solve problems in the national manufacturing sector ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Headquarters

ARM is headquartered in the Hazelwood (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, in a co-location with Carnegie Mellon University's Manufacturing Futures Institute at Mill 19. ^{[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]}

ARM marked the opening of its headquarters on 4 September 2019. ARM and Carnegie Mellon were the first two tenants on the site, which is on one of the three planned buildings, on a 90,000 square-foot facility, with the site having remained empty for 15 years. ^{[22] [23] [24] [25]}

In January 2022, United States President Joe Biden visited the location to deliver a speech on infrastructure and job creation in support of his Build Back Better Plan. ^[26] In October 2022, ARM announced the opening of its Florida office in the Tampa Bay Innovation Center in St. Petersburg. ^[27]

References

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14. https://arminstitute.org/about/location/
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17. "Hazelwood Green Opens to the Public". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
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20. O'Toole, Bill (2018-11-14). "Catalyst Connection is moving to Hazelwood Green". NEXTpittsburgh. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
21. "Catalyst Connection to Take Space at Hazelwood Green". www.bizjournals.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
22. O'Toole, Bill (2019-09-04). "Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green now open, 15 years in the making". NEXTpittsburgh. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
23. "Hazelwood Green held up as a success story by U.S. Commerce Dept. officials". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
24. "What's Old is New: Mill 19 Development in Hazelwood Shows Pittsburgh's Transformation". PGH TechFuse. 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
25. Blackley, Katie (5 September 2019). "Mill 19 Is A High-Tech Facility With A History Of Major Manufacturing". www.wesa.fm. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
26. Rice, Livia (28 January 2022). "President Joe Biden Visits Mill 19 and Discusses Importance of Collaborations like the ARM Institute". arminstitute.org. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
27. Wessling, Brianna (October 4, 2022). "ARM Institute opens Florida office". The Robot Report. Retrieved September 11, 2024.

External links

• ARM Institute official website