Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing
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| formation = {{start date and age|2017}}
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| type = Public–private partnership
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| focus = Robotics, Manufacturing
| location_city = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cmu.edu/advanced-manufacturing/index.html |title=Advanced Manufacturing - Advanced Manufacturing - Carnegie Mellon University |last=University |first=Carnegie Mellon |website=www.cmu.edu |publisher=Carnegie Mellon University |location=Pennsylvania, U.S. |access-date=2020-01-01}} 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.{{Cite report |title=Manufacturing USA Highlights Report |date=December 2020 |publisher=NIST |url=https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ams/NIST.AMS.600-6.pdf}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/1049127/dod-announces-award-of-new-advanced-robotics-manufacturing-arm-innovation-hub-I/|publisher=United States Department of Defense|title=DoD Announces Award of New Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) Innov|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|access-date=2019-12-03}} ARM was the 14th institute created and focuses on funding innovations in robotics and workforce development.{{Cite web|url=https://robohub.org/250-million-awarded-to-new-advanced-robotics-manufacturing-innovation-hub/|title=$250 million awarded to new Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub {{!}} Robohub|access-date=2019-12-02}}
History
ARM was founded in January 2017 as the 14th Manufacturing USA Institute with $80M in federal funding.{{Cite web|url=https://robohub.org/250-million-awarded-to-new-advanced-robotics-manufacturing-innovation-hub/|title=$250 million awarded to new Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub {{!}} Robohub|access-date=2019-12-03}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vision-systems.com/factory/article/16751103/advanced-robotics-manufacturing-innovation-hub-awarded-250-million|title=Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub awarded $250 million|date=2017-02-17|website=Vision Systems Design|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/cmu-wins-250m-to-open-advanced-robotics-institute-in-pittsburgh/|title=CMU wins $250M to open advanced robotics institute in Pittsburgh {{!}} TribLIVE.com|website=archive.triblive.com|access-date=2019-12-05}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.therobotreport.com/arm-consortium-welcomes-fanuc-america-200th-member/|title=ARM Consortium Welcomes 200th Member|last=|first=|date=6 August 2019|website=Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807193724/https://www.therobotreport.com/arm-consortium-welcomes-fanuc-america-200th-member/ |archive-date=2019-08-07 |access-date=2019-12-03}} ARM periodically releases separate technology and workforce development project calls. Members then form teams to bid for funding.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wesa.fm/post/us-factory-jobs-are-high-tech-workers-are-not|title=U.S. Factory Jobs Are High-Tech, But The Workers Are Not|author=Dan Sewell & Christopher S. Rugaber|agency=Associated Press|website=www.wesa.fm|date=16 August 2017 |access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.robotics.org/content-detail.cfm/Industrial-Robotics-Industry-Insights/U-S-Alliance-in-Robotics-for-Manufacturing-Means-Innovation-Education-More-Jobs/content_id/6451|title=Robotics Online|website=Robotics Online|access-date=2019-12-05}} The project calls center on areas where robotics and/or better workforce development initiatives could solve problems in the national manufacturing sector{{Cite web|url=https://www.therobotreport.com/arm-funding-projects-manufacturing/|title=ARM Institute funding 4 projects to strengthen US manufacturing|date=2018-06-15|website=The Robot Report|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.therobotreport.com/fish-project-robots-local-fisheries/|title=How robots can help local fisheries|date=2018-07-13|website=The Robot Report|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/high-tech-us-plants-offer-jobs-even-as-the-laid-off-struggle/|title=Lots of high-tech factory jobs in U.S., but skilled workers are lacking|date=2017-08-14|website=The Seattle Times|access-date=2019-12-05}}
Headquarters
ARM is headquartered in the Hazelwood (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, co-location with Carnegie Mellon University's Manufacturing Futures Institute at Mill 19. https://arminstitute.org/about/location/{{Cite web|url=https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/carnegie-mellon-looks-to-expand-its-presence-at-hazelwood-green/|title=Carnegie Mellon looks to expand its presence at Hazelwood Green|last=Rayworth|first=Melissa|date=2019-07-25|website=NEXTpittsburgh|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdcnetwork.com/steely-resolve-carnegie-mellon-university-fuels-pittsburghs-post-industrial-reinvention|title=Steely resolve: Carnegie Mellon University fuels Pittsburgh's post-industrial reinvention|website=Building Design + Construction|date=23 April 2019 |access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/04/01/hazelwood-green-opens-up-to-the-public.html|title=Hazelwood Green Opens to the Public|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://arminstitute.org/mill-19-opening/|title=Mill 19 in Pittsburgh hosts new ARM headquarters, Catalyst Connection|date=2019-09-07|website=The Robot Report|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.smartbusinessdealmakers.com/articles/topic/mill-19-opens-as-manufacturing-innovation-hub/|title=Mill 19 Opens As Manufacturing Innovation Hub|date=2019-09-11|website=Smart Business Dealmakers|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/catalyst-connection-is-moving-to-hazelwood-green/|title=Catalyst Connection is moving to Hazelwood Green|last=O'Toole|first=Bill|date=2018-11-14|website=NEXTpittsburgh|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/13/catalyst-connection-to-take-space-at-hazelwood.html|title=Catalyst Connection to Take Space at Hazelwood Green|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225083415/https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/13/catalyst-connection-to-take-space-at-hazelwood.html |archive-date=2021-02-25 |access-date=2019-12-05}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/mill-19-at-hazelwood-green-now-open-15-years-in-the-making/|title=Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green now open, 15 years in the making|last=O'Toole|first=Bill|date=2019-09-04|website=NEXTpittsburgh|access-date=2019-12-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2019/11/01/hazelwood-green-opportunity-zone-us-department-of-commerce-pittsburgh-duquesne-university/stories/201911010153|title=Hazelwood Green held up as a success story by U.S. Commerce Dept. officials|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://pghtechfuse.com/teq/cover-story-teq/whats-old-is-new-mill-19-development-in-hazelwood-shows-pittsburghs-transformation/|title=What's Old is New: Mill 19 Development in Hazelwood Shows Pittsburgh's Transformation|date=2019-09-17|website=PGH TechFuse|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wesa.fm/post/mill-19-high-tech-facility-history-major-manufacturing|title=Mill 19 Is A High-Tech Facility With A History Of Major Manufacturing|last=Blackley|first=Katie|website=www.wesa.fm|date=5 September 2019 |access-date=2019-12-05}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://arminstitute.org/president-joe-biden-visits-mill-19-and-discuses-importance-of-collaborations-like-the-arm-institute/|title=President Joe Biden Visits Mill 19 and Discusses Importance of Collaborations like the ARM Institute|last=Rice|first=Livia|website=arminstitute.org|date=28 January 2022 |access-date=2022-01-31}} In October 2022, ARM announced the opening of its Florida office in the Tampa Bay Innovation Center in St. Petersburg.{{Cite web|last=Wessling|first=Brianna|date=October 4, 2022|access-date=September 11, 2024|title=ARM Institute opens Florida office |url=https://www.therobotreport.com/arm-institute-opens-florida-office/ |website=The Robot Report}}
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External links
- [https://www.arminstitute.org ARM Institute official website]
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