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SME acknowledges 3 MFG USA leaders
ARM, IACMI, LIFT
Collaboration, Composites, Innovation, Lightweight Materials, Manufacturing, Robotics
25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing: 3 From Manufacturing USA Institutes

The need for leadership in smart manufacturing cannot be overstated: Making revolutionary changes can be arduous. But the leaders who have emerged in this industry show us it can also be exhilarating. To assemble this group of luminaries, Smart Manufacturing took into account the fact that big change is happening inside large corporations, startups...

MFG USA Rapid Response to COVD-19 Cover
AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL
COVID-19, Economy, Public Private Partnerships, Workforce
Manufacturing USA Rapid Response to COVID-19 Report

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live and work. This newly released special report highlights how 9 institutes in the Manufacturing USA network worked with 91+ partners across 24 states and Puerto Rico on 36 manufacturing innovation projects to combat COVID-19.

The institutes convened members from industry, academia, and government to...

MFG USA Highlights Report Cover
AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, CESMII, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE
COVID-19, Workforce
Manufacturing USA Releases Highlights Report
Highlighting Manufacturing Innovation, Collaboration, and Education

This comprehensive report highlights the manufacturing technology and workforce development innovations underway at the manufacturing innovation institutes that are part of Manufacturing USA®. Institutes work with members from the manufacturing industry, academia, government...

External News

Robotics, Workforce
Humans, Robots, and the New Future of U.S. Manufacturing

When you think of an Industry 4.0 or an advanced manufacturing career that involves robots, you may picture a factory setting filled primarily with men and barriers separating them from the robots. You may assume that everyone in the room has a Ph.D. You might think of the robot as being dangerous or perhaps being built to replace someone’s job.

W...

Robotics & Automation
COVID-19, Robotics
ARM Institute showcases robotic coronavirus testing system developed by Wilder Systems

The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through the CARES Act, provided funding to the ARM Institute to collaborate with Wilder Systems to develop this technology.

The ARM Institute is leading the way to a future where people and robots work together to respond to the nation’s greatest challenges and to...

Our Network @ Work

ARM March 2021 Project Highlight
ARM
Automation, Manufacturing, Robotics
Robotics Project Highlight: Automated Defect Inspection of Complex Metallic Parts

The ARM (robotics institute) technology Project “Automated Defect Inspection for Complex Metallic Parts” has yielded impressive results, including detection rates above 95%, a speed of approximately one minute per part, and an expected 345% return on investment if deployed at one site. GKN Aerospace is adopting the technology, and has already built...