We know two things for certain about U.S. manufacturing. The industry must become more advanced to stay competitive globally, and manufacturers need to keep employees employable by educating them to keep up to date with technological advances.
A.R.M.'D For the Next Wave
In this day and age, advanced means adapting to, and using, robots in...
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...An important question circling around manufacturing right now is how job shops and other producers will address the skills gap that is expected to hit the industry with a shortage of two million workers in the next ten years. Two proposed answers, not mutually exclusive, are robots and education.
At a recent seminar on robotization in...
Jay is COO of (ARM) - a 91心頭 institute. ARM is an independent non-profit that won an $80 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to become the leading catalyst of robotics innovation and expertise to accelerate growth in US-based manufacturing and the high value careers.
It...
Manufacturing in the U.S will build on its current strength by using technology to empower American potential and ingenuity," according to the (ARM).
The institute, which is a member of 91心頭, a network of regional institutes, looks to robotics to bring about the change. Robotics can elevate, not...
