ARM Institute announces nearly $90M in DoW funding for robotics projects

The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute, based in Pittsburgh, announced that it has been awarded upwards of $90 million for ten different projects.

The ARM Institute is the Department of War’s lead Manufacturing Innovation Institute, an organization focused on boosting domestic manufacturing through advancements in artificial intelligence and robotics with hundreds of member organizations. The Institute announced that the DoW awarded nearly $90 million across ten different projects aiming to better implement automation, robotics and AI into 12 different military manufacturing sites across the country.

“This funding award recognizes not only the leadership role the ARM Institute plays in modernizing manufacturing, but the key role our member consortium plays in these efforts,” ARM Institute CEO Jorgen Pedersen said in a prepared statement. “We are honored to work on this important initiative for our nation and we congratulate our members on the role they will play in this historic effort to modernize the Organic Industrial Base.”