The U.S. Department of Defense announced that seven professors in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute will be part of the national Advanced

Robotics Manufacturing Institute. The institute is headquartered and led by Carnegie Mellon University. One of the seven named to this prestigious institute was Purdue Polytechnic Columbus Assistant Professor, Dr. Austin Creasy.

The institute is the latest public-private Manufacturing USA Institute created by the U.S. government, industry, academia and the nonprofit sector to assist the advanced manufacturing sector in the country.

The new organization will leverage artificial intelligence, autonomy, 3-D printing and other emerging technologies to make industrial robotics more affordable for businesses of all sizes, adaptable for many uses, and able to achieve more.

Government, industry and academic leaders said this new generation of robotics has the potential to create large numbers of new jobs and fuel economic growth by putting the U.S. squarely in the lead on advanced manufacturing.

Dr. Creasy is currently on the Engineering Technology faculty at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus.