A no-cost program looking to pair small- and medium-sized manufacturers with robotics technology is in need of applicants to participate in its inaugural program.
Being funded through the region's $62.7 million Build Back Better grant award, the ARM Institute is hoping its new Robotics Manufacturing Hub will aid southwestern Pennsylvania manufacturers with the finding of successful use cases for robotics in their operations. The program will then work with these manufacturers to prototype robotics solutions for free as part of the program.
ARM will conduct these efforts out of space at its Mill 19 headquarters in Hazelwood Green. Those that participate in the program will also have access to ARM's member consortium and partners, which has spanned to about 400 members nationwide since ARM's launch in six years ago.
"Since our Institute’s inception in 2017, small and medium sized manufacturers across the nation have given us the same message about what limits their operations: they lack the resources needed to implement robotics and they can’t find enough trained workers," Jay Douglass, chief operating officer at the ARM Institute, said in a prepared statement. "The Robotics Manufacturing Hub directly addresses these needs by removing the barriers to discovering the right robotics technology for their operations and finding solutions that augment gaps in their workforce."
To be eligible, manufacturers must have 500 or fewer employees and have less than $100 million in annual revenues.
