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Economy, Education, Manufacturing
Manufacturing USA Releases its 2025 Annual Report

Manufacturing USA continues to pursue its mission of strengthening U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing by connecting people, ideas, and technology to solve industry-relevant challenges. The network’s institutes serve as hubs for key technology areas including automation, biomanufacturing, and cybersecurity, ensuring that what is...

ARM Chief Technology Officer-Misty Dawson
ARM
Announcement, Artificial Intelligence, Electronics, Robotics
ARM Institute Announces Appointment of Misty Dawson as Chief Technology Officer

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Misty Dawson as Chief Technology Officer effective March 16, 2026. Her appointment follows Dr. Chuck Brandt’s retirement at the end of 2025. In this role, Misty will lead the ARM Institute’s technical strategy to help manufacturers of all sizes...

ARM Institute MMUR
ARM
Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Digital Manufacturing, Robotics
ARM Institute Project Highlight: AI-Enabled Mobile Multi-Use Robot (MMUR) Defastening
Background

Funding for this project was provided through the ARM Institute by the Air Force as a Directed Project Call. Directed ARM Institute Project Calls enable the Department of Defense/War to leverage program management expertise through the ARM Institute and the technical expertise of the ARM Member Consortium to rapidly catalyze solutions...

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The Robot Report
Announcement, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Manufacturing, Robotics
ARM Institute opens project call for military supply chain technology

The Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute issued a new organic industrial base technology and workforce project call. The ARM Institute made this project call available to its members only, not to the general public.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) is working to assemble concepts that...

Pittsburgh Business Times
Robotics, Workforce
Building the workforce of the future: How RoboticsCareer.org is transforming U.S. manufacturing talent

The U.S. is facing a historic skills gap - pending retirements combined with a lack of trained new workers in the pipeline could leave millions of manufacturing jobs unfilled in the coming years. This presents a significant threat to our nation’s security and resiliency. The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute, a Department of Defense...

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ARM
Facilities, Manufacturing, Robotics
ARM Institute Delivers Free Proof-of-Concept for Keystone Ridge Designs, Leading to Robotics System Installation

Learn how our team helped Keystone Ridge Designs, a leading manufacturer of commercial site furnishings, adopt a new robotics solution using our free services.

If you’ve ever sat on a bench, tossed trash in a receptacle, or gathered around a table in a public space—whether at a park, university, retail center, downtown streetscape, or corporate...