Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire AI startup Manus, a Singapore-based company with Chinese founders that conducts deep research and performs other tasks for paying users. Meta is closing the deal ...

Abstract: Robot skill reconfiguration often disrupts system continuity in dynamic flexible production systems, particularly in mixed-model assembly. To address this challenge, this article proposes ...

There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...