Supporting Small & Medium Sized Manufacturers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Region

The ARM Institute is one of several Southwestern Pennsylvania organizations who share in a $62.7 million grant to the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative to a build robotics and autonomy cluster and grow opportunity for all people and places in an 11-county region encompassing Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland.

Through this grant, we are working to strengthen manufacturing in the Pittsburgh region through two primary ARM Institute-led initiatives:

 

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Robotics Manufacturing Hub

The Robotics Manufacturing Hub helps small and medium-sized manufacturers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region:

  • Evaluate their operations
  • Explore if robotics will improve productivity
  • Prototype solutions without a commitment to installation
  • Select solutions that offer the highest return on investment
  • Understand how robotics can augment workforce gaps
  • Manage the impact of robotics on their workforce

The Robotics Manufacturing Hub leverages the ARM Institute’s Mill 19 facility in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood to prototype solutions and demonstrate proofs-of-concept at no-cost for small and medium sized manufacturers.

This program is provided at no-cost. Learn if you qualify here.

Learn More about the robotics manufacturing hub

 

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Regional Innovation Accelerators

Also through the Southwestern Pennsylvania Region’s Build Back Better Challenge grant, the ARM Institute is managing and has awarded $6M in funding to four regional Innovation Accelerators, formerly called Makerspaces. These are:

This funding helps to build upon existing capabilities within the Innovation Accelerators, enhance their equipment and offerings, and make their services more readily available. The services offered through each Accelerator are unique. Through the grant, the ARM Institute will advise the Innovation Accelerators and help to expand the scope of their services to benefit small and medium-sized manufacturers and manufacturing entrepreneurs.

Explore the Regional Innovation Accelerators

 

 

Get in Contact

To learn more about the Robotics Manufacturing Hub or the Makerspaces, email us at [email protected].