This fall, the ARM Institute’s work in artificial intelligence (AI) for robotics has been taking center stage at several conferences and events. While AI has been garnering extra headlines lately, the ARM Institute has been working with AI for robotics in manufacturing since our inception in 2017. We’ve been using what we have learned across our 120+ projects as a foundation for building new capabilities and identifying tangible ways AI can be leveraged to strengthen U.S manufacturing.
In fact, over a three-month period in 2021, the ARM Institute convened experts spanning industry, government, and academia for a robust Discovery Workshop centered on AI for robotics. The outputs from this workshop generated a roadmap (currently available only to ARM Members through the Member Community) that identified and prioritized the core AI technology capabilities that will have the largest impact to the ARM Institute’s ecosystem and partners. The outputs of this roadmap have informed areas of focus for ARM Institute project calls, as well as the strategy for new ARM Institute programs and initiatives.