NSF ARM-MIP · RELLIS CAMPUS, BRYAN, TEXAS
Decades of alloy discovery, compressed into months
Robots melt, shape, heat-treat, and test new alloys around the clock. AI decides what to try next. Texas A&M metallurgists set the questions worth answering – and researchers anywhere in the country can put the platform to work.
$24.9M
Six-year NSF award
200+
Users per year, nationwide
50 → 200+
Alloys produced per month, year one to six
RELLIS
Bryan, Texas · Texas A&M University System
One robot doesn’t replace a metallurgist. It runs their loop all day, every day.
Three steps repeat continuously, each one sharpening the next.
Simulate
Predict what’s likely to happen before any metal is poured, so the robots spend their time on experiments worth running.
Make & Test
Robots melt, shape, heat-treat, and test each alloy – running continuously, without breaks.
Learn
AI reads every result and chooses what to make next – the way an experienced metallurgist would, but faster.
The people who’ve spent careers on this problem.
Dr. Raymundo Arróyave
Chevron Professor II, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering – Director, ARM-MIP
“The first self-driving laboratory for metallurgy as a user facility.“
Materials science news, on and off the platform.
Aug. 3, 2026 By Alyssa Schaechinger
Texas A&M to build first national self-driving laboratory for metals, open to researchers nationwide
Sep. 4, 2026 By Leon Contreras
NSF backs Texas A&M tool that speeds materials discovery
May 25, 2026 By Leon Contreras
A faster way to find extreme-temperature alloys
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