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| 2025 | Ranked #226 in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings. |
| 2025 | Achieved a tied position of #182 (13th nationally) in the 2025–2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities. |
| June 13 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX continued its consistent drone ship landings with Falcon 9 first stage B1078.21 successfully landing on ASOG during a Starlink Group 12-26 mission.
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| June 13 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX continues its consistent Starlink satellite deployment and booster recovery operations, with multiple successful landings on various drone ships throughout the first half of 2025.
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| May 30 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
GPS III-8 mission completed with Falcon 9 first stage B1092.4 successfully landing on ASOG.
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| May 28 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX continued its consistent drone ship landing operations, successfully landing the Falcon 9 first stage B1080.19 on JRTI during the Starlink Group 10-32 mission.
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| 2025 |
Ameca
Engineered Arts released Ameca generation 3 and showcased it along with Ami at the ICRA (International Conference on Robotics and Automation) 2025, demonstrating advanced walking capabilities.
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| May 21 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Continued successful Falcon 9 first stage landings on drone ships, with Starlink Group 12-15 mission landing B1095.1 on JRTI, demonstrating SpaceX's consistent reusable rocket technology.
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| 2025 |
VEX Robotics
VEX IQ Robotics Competition launches its 2025-2026 season with the new game 'Mix and Match', challenging student teams to design and program robots for competitive challenges.
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| 2025 |
Fictional gynoids
Iris appears in the film Companion, continuing the cinematic tradition of exploring gynoid characters in science fiction.
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| May 10 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX continued its consistent drone ship landings with successful Falcon 9 first stage landings on both OCISLY (Starlink Group 15-3, B1081.14) and ASOG (Starlink Group 6-91, B1083.11).
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| May 7 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Starlink Group 6-93 mission: Falcon 9 first stage B1085.7 successfully landed on JRTI (Just Read The Instructions) drone ship.
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| 2025 | FIRST DIVE presented by Qualcomm, featuring 'Submerged' theme for FIRST LEGO League programs, 'Into The Deep' for FIRST Tech Challenge, and 'Reefscape' for FIRST Robotics Competition. |
| 2025 |
Georges Giralt PhD Award
Erfan Shahriari wins the Georges Giralt PhD Award
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| 2025 | Janaki Saba takes over as CEO of Robogals, leading the organization from 2025 onwards. |
| April 13 2025 | Continuation of the Student Robotics 'Urban Heights' competition at the University of Southampton, with final results and awards presented. |
| April 12 2025 | Student Robotics 'Urban Heights' competition held at the University of Southampton, with multiple schools competing and receiving awards. |
| April 12 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX successfully landed Falcon 9 first stage B1071.24 on OCISLY during the NROL-192 mission.
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| April 6 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Falcon 9 first stage B1078.19 successfully landed on JRTI during Starlink Group 6-72 mission.
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| April 4 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX continued its consistent drone ship landing operations with Falcon 9 first stage B1088.5 successfully landing on OCISLY during Starlink Group 11-13 mission.
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| April 3 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Planned Starlink Group 11-13 mission landing on OCISLY.
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| April 1 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Fram2 mission saw Falcon 9 first stage B1085.6 successfully landing on ASOG, and a Starlink Group 11-13 mission was planned for OCISLY.
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| 2025 |
Robotaxi
Tesla expected to receive earliest regulatory approval for robotaxis in California and Texas.
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| 2025 | Figure ended its collaboration with OpenAI and announced Helix, the next generation of its humanoid robot. |
| March 15 2025 | Introduced BOTQ, a high-volume manufacturing facility designed to produce 12,000 humanoid robots per year. |
| March 15 2025 | Figure AI introduced BOTQ, a high-volume manufacturing facility aimed at producing 12,000 humanoid robots annually. |
| March 13 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Falcon 9 first stage B1069.22 successfully landed on ASOG during the Starlink Group 12-21 mission.
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| March 2025 | Research by Pollster DemosAU identified CSIRO as Australia's second most trusted national institution. |
| 2025 |
Roboexotica
Publication of 'Roboexotica: Beautiful Failure', an edited volume by Günther Friesinger, Johannes Grenzfurthner, and Franz Ablinger, published by edition mono/monochrom in Vienna.
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| 2025 |
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
The 38th International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is planned to be held in Hangzhou, China.
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| 2025 |
Ballie
Ballie is scheduled for release, marking the anticipated launch of the AI robotic device to consumers.
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| March 7 2025 | Ming Long became the latest chair of CSIRO, succeeding Kathryn Fagg. |
| March 3 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Falcon 9 first stage B1086.5 landed successfully on JRTI but experienced an off-nominal fire that damaged a landing leg, causing the booster to tip over after landing.
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| February 27 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX achieved its 100th booster landing on ASOG during the IM-2 Nova-C Lunar Lander mission with Falcon 9 first stage B1083.9.
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| February 18 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
First international landing of a Falcon 9 booster on JRTI off the coast of The Bahamas.
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| January 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Multiple successful Starlink Group missions conducted with first stage landings on various autonomous spaceport drone ships (ASOG, JRTI, OCISLY).
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| January 10 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX completed dual drone ship landings on OCISLY (NROL-153 mission) and JRTI (Starlink Group 12-12).
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| January 10 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Successful dual landing of Falcon 9 first stages B1071.22 on OCISLY (NROL-153 mission) and B1067.25 on JRTI (Starlink Group 12-12 mission).
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| January 10 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
NROL-153 mission: Falcon 9 first stage B1071.22 successfully landed on OCISLY (Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship).
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| January 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX continued its consistent drone ship landing operations, with multiple successful Falcon 9 first stage recoveries across ASOG, JRTI, and OCISLY platforms throughout January.
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| January 4 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Falcon 9 first stage B1073.20 successfully landed on ASOG (Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship) during the Thuraya 4-NGS mission.
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| 2024 | Attained #300 in the CWTS Leiden Ranking, ranking 15th nationally. |
| 2024 | Queensland University of Technology ranked #201 in the Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, positioning 15th nationally. |
| 2024 | Achieved #213 in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, ranking 16th nationally. |
| 2024 | University ranked #21 in the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking. |
| 2024 | The $40 million Healthspan, Resilience, and Performance complex opened on IHMC's downtown Pensacola campus, aimed at becoming a hub for biomedically focused research in the region, funded in part by a Triumph Gulf Coast grant. |
| 2024 | Fraunhofer sought faster technology to prepare document fragments for scanning in the E-puzzler project. |
| 2024 |
VEX Robotics
VEX Robotics Competition launched the 'High Stakes' game as part of the 2024-2025 competition season.
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| 2024 | FIRST IN SHOW presented by Qualcomm, with 'Masterpiece' theme for FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge, and 'Crescendo' for FIRST Robotics Competition. |
| 2024 |
Georges Giralt PhD Award
Manuel Keppler wins the Georges Giralt PhD Award
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