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Save the Date: 2025 AI x Robotics Research Symposium Join us March 4-6, 2025, for the inaugural AI x Robotics Research Symposium, a 3-day event hosted by The University of Texas at Austin's Machine Learning Laboratory and Texas Robotics. Stay tuned for the full agenda and registration details, coming soon.

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Yes, we have robots. And the best mariachi band! Awesome day on the Forty Acres. Congrats and thanks to Sridevi Rao, Ph.D. Peter Stone Melissa Taylor Brent Winkelman, Ellen Cantor, Alexis Streber and the whole Texas Robotics team! ?? College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin #yearofai #ailive #hookem

???? Thank you to everyone who joined the Texas Robotics Robot Parade, the grand finale of UT’s Year of AI! Our robots strutted their stuff down Speedway, alongside UT Mariachi and a parade of students, faculty, and researchers. We wrapped up at Gregory Gym Plaza with a robot dance to Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em (view the full dance here: https://lnkd.in/gESKeq_3), a fashion show, and robot demos. This event wouldn’t have been possible without our hardworking students, brilliant faculty, and the supportive UT staff. We’re so proud of what our community has achieved! Hook ’em! The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Texas ECE - UT Austin ECE)

Exciting day ahead with #TexasRobotics at AI LIVE! ?? Join us today for: ?? Autonomous and Embodied Robots – 11 AM ?? Talk by Yuke Zhu and Peter Stone ?? Location: WCP 1.106 https://lnkd.in/gHSiBgka ?? Robot Parade – 3 PM ?? Parade from Anna Hiss Gym to Gregory Plaza https://lnkd.in/gmw_juP9

How can artificial intelligence be used to help address some of society’s greatest challenges? Join us at the Year of AI’s closing celebration, AI LIVE on November 15 (https://bit.ly/3BTAp7I, where our leaders and key partners will explore what it means to build beneficial human-AI partnerships and how values-driven innovation can advance equity, sustainability, and improve quality of life for all. Luis Sentis (Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Robotics) moderates a forward-looking conversation with panelists Chelsea Collier (Digi.City), Daniel Culotta (City of Austin), Matt Lease (School of Information - The University of Texas at Austin), and Junfeng Jiao (The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture) as they delve into the potential benefits and risks of new AI applications, the ethical questions that are keeping them up, exciting new technological developments, and their hopes for the future. RSVP: https://bit.ly/48nz0T4 #TexasAI #EthicalAI

Calling all scholars and researchers! The Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellows Program — The University of Texas at Austin's premier faculty fellowship — is now accepting applications for the next cohort of innovators. This one-year, in-residence fellowship will provide more than $1 million in funding for our upcoming 2025-26 faculty cohort. We’re looking for bold thinkers pursuing multidisciplinary artificial intelligence research. Fellows will have full access to research facilities, faculty and students on campus. Join us in discovery! Learn more and apply by January 6, 2025: https://utex.as/4hLdziQ

Explore the future, network and meet experts, enjoy fun demos and get inspired at AI LIVE, happening Nov. 13–15. Start building your agenda now: yearofai.utexas.edu #TexasAI

Experience the future of robotics at AI LIVE, where #TexasRobotics will showcase AI-powered innovations that are transforming how we interact with machines. From intelligent automation to next-gen robotics, don’t miss out on these sessions at #AILIVEatUT, Nov. 13-15! Details here: yearofai.utexas.edu/ailive #YearofAI #TexasAI #Robotics

We launched what is believed to be the first program that high school students can apply directly to and hear back prior to making a college decision. The honors program will integrate students as soon as they arrive on campus into the immersive and interdisciplinary curriculum, which includes hands-on research, engineering and computer science coursework, and participation in UT’s top-ranked Texas Robotics’ events and programs. Learn more about this new program and join us on the Forty Acres: https://lnkd.in/gEHBsPVi Bill Gurley | #WhatStartsHere | #TexasAI