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Caterpillar levels up robotics with FieldAI
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1047+ words) Metal Tech News - September 2, 2026 The Caterpillar exhibit at MinExpo 2024 in Las Vegas. At CES 2026, Caterpillar showed what can happen when a century of yellow-iron muscle plugs into the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. Taking the main stage alongside NVIDIA,…...
UH to use AI to search for next-gen magnets
1+ week, 4+ day ago (530+ words) Metal Tech News - September 1, 2026 University of Houston researchers will use DOE grant to apply AI to the discovery and synthesis of next-generation permanent-magnet materials. Turning artificial intelligence toward one of the most supply-constrained links in advanced manufacturing, the University of…...
SPEE3D takes cold spray printing to sea
2+ week, 1+ day ago (525+ words) Metal Tech News - August 28, 2026 SPEE3D's Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit produced eight mission-critical metal parts at sea aboard MV Asterix during RIMPAC 2026. Taking metal 3D printing from the land to the sea, Australia-based SPEE3D Aug. 25 reported that its cold spray manufacturing technology produced mission-critical…...
GMG puts graphene to work in data centers
2+ week, 5+ day ago (506+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 Independent testing reported G FLUID reduced microbial growth by as much as 87.4% at a 1% dose rate. Adding another application for its graphene across energy-saving systems, Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. has unveiled G FLUID, a patent-pending additive…...
The hidden mineral bill behind the cloud
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1565+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 Industry guidelines recommend keeping air entering most servers between 64 and 81 degrees Fahrenheit. Long before AI began driving a new wave of expansion, data centers were already supporting the digital systems woven through modern life. Over time,…...
Shortening the critical minerals runway
2+ week, 5+ day ago (775+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 Texas A&M's RAPTOR technology incorporates advanced drilling, sensing, and modeling technologies into a platform aimed at lowering the time and costs associated with delineating critical mineral deposits. From discovery to reserves, systematically delineating and evaluating…...
DOE backs critical mineral recovery tech
3+ week, 4+ day ago (517+ words) Metal Tech News - August 18, 2026 DOE is investing in accelerating four critical minerals from lab to prototype and five from pilot to near-commercial scale. Being advanced through DOE's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, the projects are aimed at bridging…...
C-BATT scales Obsidia toward production
3+ week, 5+ day ago (428+ words) Metal Tech News - August 17, 2026 Moving a domestically sourced graphite alternative from batch production toward larger-scale manufacturing, C-BATT Innovations LLC has launched a $1.25 million Department of Energy-backed project to scale production of its Obsidia lithium-ion battery anode material and validate it…...