The idea is to make the #students not only smart in the technical field but also make them able citizens of the society. Through #STEM education & #robotics syllabus for school students, the students get to develop the 21st century skills. www.openpr.com/news/4263717...

#Chevron is doing #robotics work in areas such as #tanks & #drones. www.chevron.com/newsroom/202...

This episode of #TheRobotReport #Podcast digs into the challenges and opportunities in fostering a diverse and skilled workforce, as well as how #robotics #competitions serve as a gateway to #STEM #careers. www.therobotreport.com/power-stem-s...

Shoppers at a #REWE supermarket in #Düsseldorf, #Germany, are now witnessing what could be the future of #food #retail. A fully #autonomous #kitchen that prepares fresh meals without a single human cook. interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...

Despite the success of #LLMs, fundamental #challenges persist, especially around #ContinualLearning, the ability for a model to actively acquire new knowledge & skills over time without forgetting old ones. #Google introduce #NestedLearning, which bridges this gap. research.google/blog/introdu...

#Students sometimes “hand over the thinking work” of #writing to #bots, which create the end product quickly & “they can do B-plus work all the time.” This dilemma requires #teachers & school leaders to #rethink writing assignments to make them less template-heavy. www.k12dive.com/news/what-im...

#Foxconn plans to deploy #humanoid #robots, based on #Nvidia's robotics technologies (#IsaacGr00t platform & #JetsonAGXThor computer) in its Houston AI server plant. www.reuters.com/business/fox...

#Agentic #browsers use #AI to perform web #tasks #autonomously on behalf of users, including shopping, booking appointments, and comparing products across multiple sites. Let’s look at 3 of them: #Perplexity #Comet, #OpenAI #Atlas, and #GoogleChrome #AIMode. shellypalmer.com/2025/11/the-...

#Student idea born from tragedy. #FireBot is being built by #ParadigmRobotics, an early-stage startup founded by #UniversityofTexas engineering graduate #Thakur. Its purpose: to go where #firefighters can’t — into the heart of a blaze and send back vital information. www.cnn.com/world/firebo...

#Britain is providing #military #support to #Belgium after a series of suspected #Russian #drone #incursions into its airport & military base airspace, chief of the defense staff, Sir #Knighton, said that his Belgian counterpart had asked for #assistance. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The use of #AI is leading to a flattening of our #language that is evident in the emails we write and the texts we compose. Studies have already confirmed this. #Robotic #verbiage erases vulnerability, humor, and everything that makes us human. english.elpais.com/technology/2...

#Student #stress in #HigherEducation remains a pervasive #problem. The performance of the #ML models highlights the role of specific stress factors such as blood pressure, safety, sleep quality, teacher-student relationship & extracurricular activities. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#WorcesterPolytechnicInstitute #students created a testing ground for tiny #drones that can be deployed in search & rescue missions even in dark, smoky or stormy conditions. They found #bats with their sophisticated ability to echolocate to be effective. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...

A new #AI-created #song has #debuted on at least one #Billboard chart each week, according to the music outlet. This wave of AI-created music is racking up millions of #streams, alarming some in the #music industry. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

Acquisitions: #ArcticWolf > #UpSightSecurity; #Axon > #Carbyne; #Bugcrowd > #MayhemSecurity; #Capgemini > #Cloud4C; #DaikinApplied > #Chilldyne; #Diginex > #KindredOS; #fal > #Remade; #IBA > #PhantomX; #Microsoft > #SynapseAI; #OndasHoldings > #Sentrycs; #Sitero > #studyOS

Additional Funding Raises: #Snapmint $125M Series B; #EnduroSat $104M Series B; #TalaHealth $100M Seed; #MoEngage $100M Series F Mergers: #AdvancedIntralogistics & #AnchorTechnicalServices; #Check-Cap & #MBodyAI More Acquisitions: #Pentera > #EVAInformationSecurity; #Zscaler > #Splx

Funding Raises: #Metropolis $500M Series D; #Ripple $500M Strategic; #Armis $435M pre-IPO Funding; #BillionToOne $273.1M IPO; #BeaconSoftware $250M Series B; #Synchron $200M Series D; #BraveheartBio $185M Series A; #Evommune $150M IPO; : #HippocraticAI $126M Series C

Researchers at #USC have adapted a #robot called #Blossom to help #students with #ADHD, which roughly 12% of all college students have according to the #NationalInstitutesofHealth. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

A lab in #Seoul had a major breakthrough with a project that produced a #robot that resembles a gummy bear & behaves like a living cell. They’ve been dubbed the first #robots constructed almost completely of #water. www.techeblog.com/shape-shifti...

#Perplexity inked a deal with #Snap (whose stock price ticked up with the news) as the company opens up to more #AI #partnerships. www.engadget.com/social-media...

As moving machines like #drones & #SelfDrivingCars become more integrated into our daily lives, there is a need to understand #motion through space & time, and how the nuances of that motion affects how we feel about products. Translation: They need #DanceArtists. dancemagazine.com/dance-roboti...

Ask #ChatGPT whether #AI will replace humans in the #CustomerService industry, and it will offer a diplomatic answer, the summary of which is "they will work side by side". Humans though, are not so optimistic. www.bbc.com/news/article...

#AI #ethics #literacy significantly enhance #students’ self-rated #learning competence using AI. The study’s insights also offers evidence-based guidance for enhancing AI-supported learning. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Forget teaching #robots to #think like humans. A field called #swarm #robotics is taking inspiration from ants, bees and even slime molds—simple creatures that achieve remarkable feats through #collective #intelligence. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/robo...

#Meta completed a $30 billion #bond deal as it eyes aggressive up-front investments in #AI capacity. It's the fifth largest high-grade bond deal on record, coming amid an industrywide land grab for prime position in AI. pitchbook.com/news/article...

Will #education serve as the #ProvingGround for a new challenge: learning to work with #AI while preserving the #integrity & #visibility of human #thinking? www.fastcompany.com/91432419/ai-...

Researchers at #AndonLabs conclude, “LLMs are not ready to be #robots.” techcrunch.com/2025/11/01/a...

#OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services, and will immediately start accessing Nvidia’s graphics processing units. The partnership gives OpenAI the flexibility to scale infrastructure through 2026 and beyond. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/o...

How #students #view their #teachers & their #own #ability to contemplate thinking (known as #metacognition) are tremendously important for #learning. These factors need to be considered when we think about learning with #chatbots. theconversation.com/rate-my-ai-t...

A flotilla of uncrewed "wolf pack" #drone #boats has successfully been used to escort warships in a #UK Royal Navy & Army trial. The Navy said it was a "milestone" demonstration of how it could utilize such technology in a real-life scenario. www.bbc.com/news/article...

#SwiftCreatives unveils the prototypes of #Botties, a series of #wooden #robots named Beamer, Hover & Bot that nod & tilt their heads to let the users know in a quiet way they’ve received a digital #notification. www.designboom.com/technology/m...

At least 16 #LawSchools have formed #AI groups, including #Harvard, #Stanford & #theUniversityofPennsylvania, most founded within the past 2 years as future #lawyers seek to understand the rapidly expanding technology and how it will affect their #careers. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

#Korean researchers developed an advanced #soft #robot, #OCTOID, inspired by #octopuses' multifunctional abilities. Leveraging #CLCEs, OCTOID combines dynamic color-changing camouflage with #programmable, reversible #shapeshifting, all in a single platform. interestingengineering.com/innovation/s...

Acquisitions: #BendingSpoons > #AOL; #Bonterra > #OneCause; #Corewave > #Marimo; #Figma > #Weavy; #Mews > #DataChat; #NXP > #Avivalinks; #OsoElectricEquipment > #ElectricSheepRobotics; #Vodafone > #Skaylink

Additional Funding Raises: #Harvey $150M Series F; #PelagePharma $120M Series B; #LilaSciences $115M Series A extension; #Ecorobotix $105M Series D; #Substrate $100M Series A

Funding Raises: #BendingSpoons $710M; #PhonePe $600M; #Mercor $350M Series C; #Fireworks $250M Series C; #SavvyMoney $225M Series F; #Whatnot $225M Series F; #Synthesia $200M Series E; #HemabTherapeutics $157M Series C; #Legora $150M Series C; #SublimeSecurity $150M Series C

In a #Swiss military training center, #robots built by students & researchers are being put to the test in simulated #disaster scenarios. www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/w...

#Russia conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and #nuclear-capable #underwater #drone, President #Putin said, and declared the new weapon can’t be intercepted. apnews.com/article/russ...

#MediaBuying has emerged as a primary #UseCase for #AI experimentation, and agencies are just about throwing everything at the wall to see what new workflows stick. adage.com/events-award...

The #Meta #layoffs reflect how large companies are rethinking their approach to #AI: fewer research-heavy roles, more #focus on #AppliedIinnovation, and a stronger #link between #research & #product outcomes. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/ca...

#UniversityofBristol & #QueenMaryUniversityofLondon researchers used a special material called electro-morphing gel (e-MG) which allows the #robot to show #shapeshifting functions through manipulation of electric fields from ultralightweight electrodes. www.technology.org/2025/10/26/p...

#Narayanan warns that “our #homes are filled with #cameras, #microphones, & mobile #sensors connected to companies we barely know, all capable of being #weaponized with a single line of code.” futurism.com/robots-and-m...

Certain #AI models, in particular #Grok4 & #GPTo3, still attempted to #sabotage #shutdown instructions in the updated setup. Concerningly, wrote #PalisadeResearch, there was no clear reason why. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

For decades, #aviation knowledge was guarded by technical schools, flight academies, & seasoned pilots. Today, curiosity & an internet connection to training programs, online simulators, & student communities have opened new paths into anyone. aeroxplorer.com/articles/fro...

#UniversalRobots introduced its #UR8Long, which is a long-reach collaborative #robot designed for #IndustrialAutomation tasks. Its compact design & 30% lighter mass makes it appropriate for space-constrained cells, overhead systems & gantries. electronics360.globalspec.com/article/2286...

#US companies are up against a ticking time bomb: thanks to #AI, hackers are on the verge of launching fully #automated #cyberattacks that can move faster, smarter & more personally than ever. Those attacks could happen before anyone even realizes something's wrong. www.axios.com/2025/10/25/a...

#Lithuanian #children are #learning how to build, program & fly #drones in a course offered in several schools across Lithuania. The initiative comes in an effort by the country to #prepare society to counter future #threats from #Russia. www.euronews.com/next/2025/10...

Researchers combined a heuristic motion planner with tube-based model predictive control on #autonomous #search & #rescue #robots, which navigated dynamic, cluttered environments better than existing algorithms by up to 42.3 % in #safety & #efficiency. www.azorobotics.com/News.aspx?ne...

To strengthen its civil & military #preparedness in response to #Russia’s war in #Ukraine & a potential future conflict with Moscow, #Poland’s Defense Ministry launched a new program teaching military #highschool #students how to operate #drones. tvpworld.com/89526689/pol...

With #holiday #shopping ramping up, nearly 1 in 4 plan to rely on influencer recommendations—but social media #crowdsourcing and #AI now top the list for #product #discovery, according to a new survey by #PartnerCentric. partnercentric.com/blog/influen...