Scaled autonomous delivery extends access, convenience, and operational flexibility for students and the campus communities in Sodexo’s managed portfolio

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Robot.com®, the company putting autonomous robots to work in the real world, today announced a seven-year commercial agreement with Sodexo, a global leader in food and facilities management serving 80 million consumers daily and advancing tech-enabled experiences across client, consumer and operator touchpoints.

The commercial partnership began in 2021 and has since expanded across select Sodexo-operated college campuses in North America. The new agreement continues the companies’ collaboration as a part of Sodexo’s broader approach to scaling autonomous delivery solutions and broadens their cooperation to include robot advertising.

“We’re honored to have been a close working partner with Sodexo these past five years in bringing autonomous delivery services to the students and universities they serve,” said J. Kim Fennell, Chief Business Officer of Robot.com. “We’ve learned a lot together, on deployment and economic models, and we’re excited to now significantly broaden those deployments.”

For Sodexo, this agreement reflects a broader commitment to using digital, data, and AI-enabled solutions to create more seamless consumer experiences, simplify operations, and deliver measurable value for clients. Autonomous delivery is one example of how Sodexo is applying practical technology to meet evolving campus expectations while supporting operators with more flexible service models.

“Technology is most impactful when it enhances the everyday experience of the people we serve while enabling our teams to operate with greater agility,” said Roberta Frierson, VP of Digital, Campus, Sodexo North America. “Our work with Robot.com is a strong example of how we are scaling practical innovation across campuses, extending access, creating more flexible service models and integrating automation into existing systems in a way that delivers measurable value for clients, students and operators.”

This seven-year contract represents Robot.com’s largest single enterprise deployment and reinforces Sodexo’s role in bringing practical, scalable technology solutions to complex service environments, including higher education, healthcare, corporate campuses and government facilities.

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About Robot.com
Robot.com Holdings Inc., doing business as Robot.com®, is a pioneer in practical robotics solutions powered by advanced AI. The company operates a dual-engine business, Robotic Services, offering R-noid, its humanoid robot built to help manufacturers, warehouse operators, and food service providers run their frontline operations reliably, around the clock, as well as Level 4 autonomous robots for campus delivery, warehouse logistics, and inspection. Robot.com Media is a national OOH advertising platform powered by its mobile robot fleet. With more than 500 robots deployed across the United States, Canada, Dubai, and MENA, and over 2.5 million tasks completed, Robot.com operates at enterprise scale every day in real environments. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Colombia, Robot.com partners with enterprise operators, including Sodexo, to solve workforce and logistics challenges today. Robot.com is a founding member of Robots for America, a national coalition advancing the adoption of robotics and American industrial competitiveness.

About Sodexo North America
Sodexo North America is a division of Sodexo Group, a global leader in food and services shaping better everyday experiences at every moment in life: work, heal, learn and play. Operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam, Sodexo North America is committed to meeting the challenges of everyday life with a dual goal: to improve the quality of life of our employees and those we serve, and to contribute to the economic, social and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. Founded in Marseille in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo Group stands out for its independence, its founding family shareholding and its responsible business model. Sodexo is included in the CAC Next 20, CAC SBT 1.5, FTSE 4 Good and DJSI indices.

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FlipHTML5 gives publishers, educators, and businesses a fast route from static files to an interactive flipping book that works on every screen.

HONG KONG, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A file that reads well in print rarely holds attention once it lands on a screen, and that mismatch is exactly the problem FlipHTML5 set out to solve. The platform lets creators publish a flipping book that opens instantly in a browser and answers a reader’s swipe, click, or tap with a realistic page turn, no plugin or download required.

Most projects begin with material that already exists. Users bring in PDF, Word, PowerPoint, or image files such as PNG and JPG, and each page is rebuilt into a smooth flipping book that keeps the original spacing, fonts, and imagery in place. Because the layout carries over untouched, there is no need to redraw a design from scratch or hire a production team.

From there, the appearance belongs entirely to the creator. Backgrounds, toolbar styles, preloader clips, page themes, and font choices can all be adjusted, while a company logo and a custom domain let a finished flipping book represent a specific brand rather than wear a generic, off-the-shelf look.

Interactivity is where the format earns its place. Video, audio, image galleries, hyperlinks, and clickable hotspots drop directly onto the pages, and an AI PDF chatbot can field reader questions in context. Compared with creating flipbooks through the platform’s AI ebook generator, which rebuilds the uploaded content into a brand-new layout, teams working from print material often lean on this PDF to flipbook route to layer in these elements without altering the source document, keeping every flipping book both accurate and lively.

People starting with a blank slate have a shortcut too. Ready-made flipbook templates hand over a professionally arranged foundation with layout, fonts, and color already in place, so a first-time author only needs to pour in their own text and images to shape a polished flipping book. Because every template stays fully editable in the page editor, the finished flipping book ends up looking custom-made rather than picked off a shelf.

Distribution stays just as flexible on FlipHTML5. A finished flipping book ships as a share link or QR code, embeds inside a website, downloads as an EXE or APP for offline reading, and can sit behind a password when access must stay private. “We want the reading experience to feel effortless while the creative control stays fully in the author’s hands,” said Winston Zhang, CEO of FlipHTML5, “so every flipping book someone publishes should look and behave exactly the way they intended.”

To learn more about how to create a flipping book, please visit FlipHTML5.

About FlipHTML5
Trusted by educators, marketing teams, and independent creators alike, FlipHTML5 converts ordinary documents into interactive publications that read naturally on phones, tablets, and desktops. The company pairs file conversion, visual design, and AI-assisted creation inside one workspace so anyone can move from raw file to finished publication without specialist software.

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80Gbps bidirectional bandwidth, 240W USB PD 3.1 EPR, Intel certified – as of August 2026, the first available to consumers, exclusively at silklandtech.com

NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Silkland, a developer of high-performance connectivity solutions, announced the launch of its new 1.5-meter passive Thunderbolt 5 cable (Product Model: S3807), bringing a longer passive cable design to the latest Thunderbolt standard. Designed around advanced signal-integrity engineering, the cable combines silver-plated coaxial conductors and 100% shielding coverage to support high-speed Thunderbolt 5 performance without active signal amplification.

As Thunderbolt 5 raises connectivity performance to up to 80Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth and enables Bandwidth Boost of up to 120Gbps for display-intensive workloads, maintaining signal integrity becomes increasingly demanding. Silkland’s new cable addresses this challenge at the cable-construction level, using a low-loss coaxial signal path and comprehensive shielding to minimize signal attenuation and help resist electromagnetic interference.

Key Takeaways

1.5-meter passive design engineered for Thunderbolt 5 connectivity without active signal amplificationSilver-plated coaxial conductors designed to minimize signal loss at high transmission rates100% shielding coverage designed to strengthen resistance to electromagnetic interferenceUp to 80Gbps bidirectional bandwidth with Thunderbolt 5 Bandwidth Boost supporting up to 120Gbps for display-intensive workloadsUp to 240W power delivery through USB Power Delivery 3.1 EPR

“The challenge was not simply reaching Thunderbolt 5’s bandwidth requirements, but maintaining signal integrity across a 1.5-meter passive connection,” said Vincent, CEO of Silkland. “We focused on the cable itself — from the conductor material and coaxial structure to comprehensive shielding — to develop a passive design capable of supporting the demands of next-generation high-speed connectivity.”

The cable supports up to 80Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth for high-speed data transmission. With Thunderbolt 5 Bandwidth Boost, compatible systems can provide up to 120Gbps of bandwidth for display-intensive applications, while maintaining 40Gbps of bandwidth in the other direction. This makes the cable suitable for demanding workflows involving high-resolution displays, external storage, Thunderbolt docks, gaming systems and professional workstations.

The cable also supports USB Power Delivery 3.1 EPR at up to 240W, allowing compatible devices to combine high-speed data, display connectivity and high-power charging through a single USB-C connection.

The new cable has passed Intel certification, validating its compatibility and performance within the Thunderbolt ecosystem. Certification provides an additional layer of assurance for users building high-performance USB-C systems around Thunderbolt 5-enabled computers, docks, displays and storage devices.

With its 1.5-meter length, passive architecture and advanced internal construction, Silkland’s new cable is designed to give users greater flexibility in arranging high-performance desktop and mobile setups while maintaining the capabilities expected from Thunderbolt 5 connectivity.

The Silkland 1.5M Passive Thunderbolt 5 Cable is now available on the Silkland Official Website for $59.99 USD.

About Silkland

Silkland develops high-performance connectivity solutions for gaming, entertainment, professional and everyday computing. Its product portfolio includes DisplayPort, HDMI, USB-C and Thunderbolt cables designed for high-resolution displays, high-speed data transfer and high-power charging.

With multiple Silkland cables earning 4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon, the brand has built strong recognition and trust among customers for performance and reliability. Silkland combines advanced cable engineering, rigorous testing and industry certifications to deliver reliable connectivity for demanding modern devices.

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