ARM Institute Issues Project Call Supporting National Repository for AI-Based Manufacturing Resources

AI and Robotics

ARM Institute Releases Project Call Supporting Effort to Build a National Repository for AI-Based Manufacturing Resources

This ARM Institute Project Call centers on furthering the use of AI for robotics in manufacturing.

March 5, 2025 – The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute has issued a new Project Call in support of its National Repository for AI-Based Manufacturing Resources, today referred to under the working title AI Data Foundry program. This Project Call seeks to further enable the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in robotics by manufacturers of all sizes. While this Project Call is publicly available, organizations must join the ARM Institute’s consortium to submit a proposal.

A key barrier to the adoption of AI within robotics for manufacturing is a lack of real, quality data to train AI models. Democratized access to data and AI resources is critical to enabling further use of AI among manufacturers of all sizes. To address this, the ARM Institute is working to define, collect, organize, validate, secure, and deploy data for machine learning and dataset generation. This program is envisioned as a repository of technical expertise, infrastructure, and resources to create trusted advanced robotic AI solutions for manufacturing that be leveraged by the ARM Institute’s consortium, the Department of Defense (DoD), and others.

This AI and Robotics Project Call and its associated Special Topic Areas and Manufacturing Areas of Interest are focused on developing and demonstrating the viability of a national repository for AI-based manufacturing solutions by focusing on the following objectives:

  • Data Collection and Organization: Define, collect, and organize data for machine learning across various robotics platforms, ensuring high-quality and relevant data sets.
  • Data Quality and Trust: Ensure the quality and trustworthiness of collected data through methods for automatic data cleansing and verification.
  • Robotic AI Manufacturing Skills and Models: Develop robust AI robotic skills or skill frameworks to enhance the performance and agility of robotics for manufacturing.
  • Transfer Learning: Utilize transfer learning methods to repurpose AI knowledge across different domains, reducing training time and resources.

Step one concept proposals for this Project Call are due on March 31, 2025. The detailed timeline and further details are available in the full Project Call document, which can be downloaded here.

Note that this Project Call is distinct from the ARM Institute’s open Core-Funded Technology Project Call, which can be viewed here, though the timelines overlap.

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