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Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the Industrial Technology desk.
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Caterpillar has announced the Cat D11 XE, which it describes as its first electric-drive large dozer. The company claims lower fuel use per unit of material moved, higher production and lower total cost of ownership than the next-generation Cat D11.
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Volvo Construction Equipment has started customer testing in Norway of a 50-tonne-class electric excavator that combines onboard battery power with grid-connected operation.
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Boston Dynamics presents Stretch as a mobile warehouse robot for trailer unloading, case picking and palletized order building, but supplies no independent performance data.
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Mitti Labs says it is partnering with Google on a rice-farming programme linked to one million carbon credits, combining satellite monitoring, AI and field operations to target methane reductions and water savings.
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Lenovo says an expanded high-performance computing system is helping Ducati Corse run more simultaneous simulations while developing its 2027 MotoGP motorcycle and continuing work on its 2026 bike.
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Lenovo says an expanded high-performance computing system has halved Ducati Corse’s 3D engine CFD simulation times while it develops its 2027 MotoGP motorcycle.
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Google has announced a Finnish data-centre expansion strategy combining nuclear, wind, battery storage, grid-aware siting and flexible electricity demand.
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Google has announced a €13 billion Finnish investment covering digital infrastructure, energy projects, workforce training and local communities.
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Figure says its Helix 02 humanoid uses a hierarchical neural-control system to coordinate walking, manipulation and balance, including a four-minute autonomous dishwasher demonstration.
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EuroHPC JU has contracted Bull to deliver the LUMI-AI supercomputer in Finland, using AMD Instinct MI430X GPUs and 6th Gen EPYC 256-core processors. Deployment is planned for the second half of 2027.
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Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with Mistral AI to develop on-premises AI systems for chip design, defect detection, equipment optimisation and semiconductor manufacturing.
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BMW Group says its Munich plant has been extensively modernised for Neue Klasse production, with new facilities, robotics, digital tracking and AI-assisted quality checks. In its 2 April 2026 announcement, BMW said BMW i3 series production was scheduled to begin in August 2026, while the plant was planned to produce only all-electric vehicles from 2027; the supplied evidence does not provide a later status update.
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AMD says select Versal RF adaptive SoCs will support native UCIe 1.1 links for co-packaged chiplets, with production chiplets expected alongside select devices in the fourth quarter of 2027.
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Samsung says FläktGroup, a Samsung company, has begun operating an approximately 13,826-square-metre Pune facility that will manufacture HVAC equipment for AI data centres and other critical infrastructure.