This post is guest authored by ARM Member 3Laws Robotics.
The 2025 ARM Institute Member Meeting, held last month in Pittsburgh, brought together more than 450 organizations across defense, industry, and academia—once again playing a pivotal role in advancing the future of U.S. manufacturing and defense technology.
If you’re not familiar, the ARM Institute focuses on leading the way to a future where people and robots work together to respond to the United States’ greatest challenges and to develop and produce the world’s most desired products.
For the ARM Institute consortium, the member meeting provided three days of technical exchange, networking, and collaboration.
For startups like 3Laws Robotics developing dynamic safety for autonomous systems, it offers something rare: direct access to decision-makers and collaborators shaping the future of defense innovation across maritime, terrestrial, and orbital robotics applications.
A Unique Consortium for Innovation
The Annual ARM Institute Member Meeting stands apart for its ability to unite leaders in a defense innovation landscape, including attendees from:
Companies & Contractors
- Acubed by Airbus
- Airbus
- ATI Industrial Automation
- The Boeing Company
- FANUC America Corporation
- GE Aerospace
- GE Vernova (Advanced Research Center)
- GKN Aerospace
- General Motors
- HII – Ingalls Shipbuilding (Huntington Ingalls Industries)
- Lockheed Martin (Aeronautics)
- Northrop Grumman
- Raytheon Technologies / RTX Technology Research Center
- SICK, Inc.
- Spirit AeroSystems
- Titan Robotics
U.S. Department of Defense & Government
- United States Army Materiel Command (AMC)
- United States Army – Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization (under AMC)
- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
- United States Navy / Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) / Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC) – Headquarters
- Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
- Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WR-ALC)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Universities & Nonprofits
- Wichita State University
- BlueForge Alliance
- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
It’s exciting to see startups like 3Laws share space with established players, engaging in collaboration that accelerates progress across the entire sector of defense contractors, research organizations, and government bodies
Meaningful Connections Beyond the Agenda
While the agenda was packed with sessions, technical tracks, robotics demonstrations, and five-minute pitches, what stood out most were the conversations that happened in between:
- Sitting on the bus with executives from Yaskawa, discussing how robotics adoption is scaling across manufacturing.
- Sharing lunch with two engineers from the U.S. Air Force, comparing perspectives on autonomy and sustainment challenges.
- Meeting face-to-face with the decision-makers on our current projects and gaining insights that come through candid, in-person conversations.
Membership That Moves the Mission Forward
The 2025 Annual Member Meeting reinforced the value of ARM Institute membership as a gateway to meaningful engagement within the defense manufacturing ecosystem. Beyond events like this, the Institute provides year-round opportunities for members to share expertise, pilot emerging technologies, and connect directly with government and industry stakeholders. For startups, that access can be game-changing and hard to find anywhere else. offering visibility, credibility, and a direct line to programs where innovation is not just discussed but deployed.
For 3Laws, participating in the 2025 Member Meeting was an opportunity to deepen their role within the defense innovation community and advance our mission to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and national security through safety and autonomy solutions. The relationships forged through the ARM Institute will only accelerate this mission. The ARM Institute remains a vital nexus for companies like 3Laws Robotics, connecting ideas with execution and ensuring that companies of all sizes have a seat at the table.
About 3Laws Robotics
3Laws Robotics is a Pasadena, CA-based startup offering intelligent safety solutions for robotic and autonomous systems in defense and manufacturing industries, utilizing its core software, 3Laws Supervisor, which functions as a safety layer for autonomy stacks. This technology is based on Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) and provides dynamic safety features like collision avoidance, geofencing, stabilization, and fault management, applicable to areas such as AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots), Mobile Manipulators, UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles), military aviation platforms (like the F-16 for autonomous air combat), and industrial robots.
Additional resources about 3Laws:
- Video – Navigating the Challenges of High-Velocity Systems
- Video – Dynamic Safety Assurance of Autonomous Systems
Learn more about 3Laws Robotics
For all inquiries related to 3Laws Robotics, please contact:
Zachary Lukasiewicz
Program Manager, GTM
(402) 850-3076
ABOUT THE ARM INSTITUTE
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Agreement Number W911NF-17-3-0004 and is part of the Manufacturing USA® network. The ARM Institute leverages a unique and robust consortium of 450+ members and partners across industry, academia, and government to make robotics, autonomy, and artificial intelligence more accessible to U.S. manufacturers large and small, train and empower the manufacturing workforce, strengthen our economy and global competitiveness, and elevate national security and resilience. Based in Pittsburgh, PA since 2017, the ARM Institute leads the way to a future where people & robots work together to respond to our nation’s greatest challenges and to produce the world’s most desired products. For more information, visit www.arminstitute.org and follow the ARM Institute on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter).