Gator Battle Bots Recovering After Successful Skirmishes in Connecticut (UF News)
UF’s Gator Robotics team competed in the National Havoc Robot League World Championships, where their battle bots Steggy and Termigator faced nearly 80 teams and Steggy advanced to the semifinals.
HiPerGator Consistently Ranks Fastest in Higher Ed (UF News)
The University of Florida’s supercomputer, HiPerGator, remains the fastest in higher education in the United States for high-performance computing, according to industry-standard benchmarks.
America’s Next AI Accelerator Constraint: Heat, Power and the End of ‘Just Add GPUs’ (UF HWCE)
UF researchers have developed a hybrid photonic–electronic neural network that performs feature extraction using light, marking a breakthrough designed to overcome the energy and speed limits of traditional AI computing.
Tiny Filter, Big Breakthrough: UF Team Helps Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Keep Their Charge (UF News)
A team of UF researchers has demonstrated that a one-atom-thick battery separator can prevent sulfur buildup, marking a breakthrough toward longer-lasting, lighter, and more powerful lithium–sulfur batteries.