[2][3] ARM was the 14th institute created and focuses on funding innovations in robotics and workforce development.

[6][7] Like the other Manufacturing USA institutes, ARM operates as a membership-based consortium with more than 200 national members spanning industry, academia, and government.

[9][10] The project calls center on areas where robotics and/or better workforce development initiatives could solve problems in the national manufacturing sector[11][12][13] ARM is headquartered in the Hazelwood (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, co-location with Carnegie Mellon University's Manufacturing Futures Institute at Mill 19.

[22][23][24][25] In January 2022, United States President Joe Biden visited the location to deliver a speech on infrastructure and job creation in support of his Build Back Better Plan.

[26] In October 2022, ARM announced the opening of its Florida office in the Tampa Bay Innovation Center in St.