Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) has selected 11 projects that aim to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and create new industrial automation applications. ARM is awarding $6 million to fund the R&D efforts.
The projects address eight areas that ARM claims are critical to advancing the state of robotic automation in manufacturing: identifying and packing objects; unloading and unpacking objects; transport and delivery through a complex or crowded floor; inspection of nonstandard materials; tracking and traceability of components; surface treatments; manipulating compliant materials; and software interoperability.