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Texas A&M to build AI and robotics alloy foundry with US$2 million WoodNext grant
A US$2 million grant from the WoodNext Foundation will establish an automated lab at Texas A&M University that uses artificial intelligence and robotics to develop and test new metallic materials.
Why it matters: Texas A&M University is to establish an automated AI and robotics lab for new metallic materials, funded by a US$2 million WoodNext Foundation grant.
Texas A&M University said it will create an AI-powered foundry intended to speed up the discovery of alloys.
According to the university, the lab will be established with a US$2 million grant from the WoodNext Foundation.
The university said the lab will use artificial intelligence and robotics to develop and test new metallic materials.
Texas A&M described the facility as academia's first automated lab of this kind.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
Texas A&M University has secured US$2 million from the WoodNext Foundation to set up an automated lab in which artificial intelligence and robotics develop and test new metallic materials, a facility the university calls the first of its kind in academia.
