physical-ai

October 8, 2026

• Caterpillar and CoreWeave shorten physical-AI training loops

  Caterpillar reportedly manages 18PB of federated machine data and wants simulation and reinforcement learning to cut physical-AI feedback to hours. The report describes an industrial workflow, not a ready-made product.

  18PB reported Caterpillar federated dataterabytes reported data from one machine per dayhours target feedback time instead of weeks or months

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