Artificial intelligence (AI) is certainly not new, as many of us make use of it every day with digital assistants such as Alexa and Siri. But as the technology evolves to handle larger data sets and perform more complex tasks, the possibility of using this technology to improve industrial operations becomes more pronounced each day.

One group working to support AI adoption in industry is the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit founded through Carnegie Mellon University in 2017. Its goals are to strengthen U.S. manufacturing through innovations in advanced manufacturing technology, particularly robotics and AI, and prepare the workforce to operate with and alongside these technologies.