Pittsburgh-based Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, an institute funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and part of the Manufacturing USA network, recently announced its 25-01 Core-Funded Technology Project Call.
Project calls serve as a platform for collaboration and innovation and support the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. manufacturing industry. Projects find solutions for problems that otherwise may have suffered from a lack of funding or engineering roadblocks. Project calls are open to the public, but only ARM Institute members can submit proposals.
For the 25-01 Project Call, the institute expects to award approximately $3 million to multiple projects. It is seeking projects that focused on one of four special topic areas: multi-modal inputs for artificial intelligence robotics in manufacturing; rapid re-tasking and robot agility; multi-robot, multi-human collaboration; and adaptive real-time path planning and control.
The institute will hold a webinar on the project call on March 13. Institute members will review special topic areas and the process for submitting and will answer questions. Registration is required. Those who cannot attend live can register to receive the recording.
The project’s target start date is on or about July 15 with a project period of performance end date of July 14, 2026.