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Robotics

Mechanical or electrical engineering coupled with computer science used to design, construct, operate, and apply robots. It also includes the computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing. Where a robot is a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools, or specialized devices through various programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks.

NIST Launches New Manufacturing USA Technology Roadmap Grant Competition

| Manufacturing USA | Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing, Biopharmaceutical, Digital Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced a new competition for awards to support industry-driven consortia in developing technology roadmaps that will address high-priority research challenges to grow the advanced manufacturing sector in the U.S.

NIST’s Manufacturing USA Technology Roadmaps (MfgTech) program anticipates awarding up to eight awards with a period of performance of up to 18 months each, with individual awards of up to

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Sharpening Our Competitive Edge and the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

| Advanced Manufacturing, Biopharmaceutical, Composites, Manufacturing USA, National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, Process Manufacturing, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing

Innovation and U.S. manufacturing are inextricably linked—that’s why the President launched the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), a network of manufacturing hubs across the country that is designed to sharpen America’s competitive edge in spurring the next generation of manufacturing jobs and investment. Each manufacturing hub brings together leaders from private companies, universities, and non-profits—alongside the Federal Government—to pioneer breakthroughs in emerging

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DOD Proposes– Robots in Manufacturing Environments Manufacturing Innovation Institute (RIME-MII)

| Advanced Manufacturing, Manufacturing USA, National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, Robotics

The topic of this eighth DoD-led Institute is Robots in Manufacturing Environments (RIME). The RIME-MII will improve U.S. competitiveness in manufacturing through advancements in the smart collaborative robotic field. This technology has the potential to level the manufacturing playing field with competing low labor cost economies, with decreased manufacturing cost, better quality and timely reaction to changes needed by the customer. Smart, collaborative robotics can also enable "batch of one"

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