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A national institute dedicated to bolstering U.S. manufacturing competitiveness is reaching out to potential partners in the Mahoning Valley. <\/p>\n
A representative of Carnegie Mellon Universitys recently established Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute spoke to a group of university, business and political officials at the Valley Alliance for Science and Technologys monthly luncheon Friday at the Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center. <\/p>\n
This is a national institute where we all have a deep vision to look at manufacturing differently, said Jackie Erickson, ARM director of marketing communications. This is our future. This is our future jobs. <\/p>\n
The ARM Institute, established in January as part of a national manufacturing network launched by the Obama administration, is a public-private partnership partially funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. <\/p>\n
The program aims to bring together organizations with ties to manufacturing, with the overall goal of asserting U.S. leadership in advanced manufacturing and finding new robotics solutions. <\/p>\n
Erickson addressed a question that frequently accompanies discussions of robotics: How does it affect jobs? <\/p>\n
Theres a way to retrain and prepare for the future. You have to think ahead or you will be left behind, she said. <\/p>\n
ARM would like to have a role in that process, she said, noting the institute has an education and workforce development component. <\/p>\n
Part of ARMs focus is aiding and sustaining jobs in this area, Erickson said. We want to look for the ability to create pathways for job opportunities. <\/p>\n
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