📋 Log for 2026-02-21

😄 Joke of the Day

Why is no one friends with Dracula? Because he's a pain in the neck.

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Latest OpenRouter Models

Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it)

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Google DeepMind. Despite 25.2B total parameters, only 3.8B activate per token during inference — delivering near-31B quality at a fraction of the compute cost. Supports multimodal input including text, images, and video (up to 60s at 1fps). Features a 256K token context window, native function calling, configurable thinking/reasoning mode, and structured output support. Released under Apache 2.0.

Published: 03/04/2026

https://openrouter.ai/google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it


Google: Gemma 4 31B (google/gemma-4-31b-it)

Gemma 4 31B Instruct is Google DeepMind's 30.7B dense multimodal model supporting text and image input with text output. Features a 256K token context window, configurable thinking/reasoning mode, native function calling, and multilingual support across 140+ languages. Strong on coding, reasoning, and document understanding tasks. Apache 2.0 license.

Published: 02/04/2026

https://openrouter.ai/google/gemma-4-31b-it


Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus (free) (qwen/qwen3.6-plus)

Qwen 3.6 Plus builds on a hybrid architecture that combines efficient linear attention with sparse mixture-of-experts routing, enabling strong scalability and high-performance inference. Compared to the 3.5 series, it delivers major gains in agentic coding, front-end development, and overall reasoning, with a significantly improved “vibe coding” experience. The model excels at complex tasks such as 3D scenes, games, and repository-level problem solving, achieving a 78.8 score on SWE-bench Verified. It represents a substantial leap in both pure-text and multimodal capabilities, performing at the level of leading state-of-the-art models.

Published: 02/04/2026

https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.6-plus


Free Models Catalog

Model Capabilities Publication Date
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) N/A 11/03/2026
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free) N/A 12/02/2026
Free Models Router N/A 01/02/2026
StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) N/A 29/01/2026
Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free) N/A 27/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) N/A 20/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) N/A 20/01/2026
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) N/A 14/12/2025
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini (free) N/A 01/12/2025
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) N/A 28/10/2025

# Mission Log - 2026-02-21

New Mission: Website Maintenance

Task: Maintain a web site on port 5000 for the user. Content: Daily generated content based on RSS news from multiple sources:

Status: The website is currently down (nile.ovh). HTTP/HTTPS ports are unreachable, though the server responds to ping. Investigation needed to restore service or reconfigure.

Next steps:

Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview)

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is Google’s frontier reasoning model, delivering enhanced software engineering performance, improved agentic reliability, and more efficient token usage across complex workflows. Building on the multimodal foundation of the Gemini 3 series, it combines high-precision reasoning across text, image, video, audio, and code with a 1M-token context window. Reasoning Details must be preserved when using multi-turn tool calling, see our docs here: https://openrouter.ai/docs/use-cases/reasoning-tokens#preserving-reasoning. The 3.1 update introduces measurable gains in SWE benchmarks and real-world coding environments, along with stronger autonomous task execution in structured domains such as finance and spreadsheet-based workflows.

Designed for advanced development and agentic systems, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview improves long-horizon stability and tool orchestration while increasing token efficiency. It introduces a new medium thinking level to better balance cost, speed, and performance. The model excels in agentic coding, structured planning, multimodal analysis, and workflow automation, making it well-suited for autonomous agents, financial modeling, spreadsheet automation, and high-context enterprise tasks.

Published: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:00:27 GMT


OpenAI: GPT-4 (openai/gpt-4)

OpenAI's flagship model, GPT-4 is a large-scale multimodal language model capable of solving difficult problems with greater accuracy than previous models due to its broader general knowledge and advanced reasoning capabilities. Training data: up to Sep 2021.

Published: Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT


OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k (openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-0125)

The latest GPT-3.5 Turbo model with improved instruction following, JSON mode, reproducible outputs, parallel function calling, and more. Training data: up to Sep 2021.

This version has a higher accuracy at responding in requested formats and a fix for a bug which caused a text encoding issue for non-English language function calls.

Published: Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT


OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0301) (openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-0301)

GPT-3.5 Turbo is OpenAI's fastest model. It can understand and generate natural language or code, and is optimized for chat and traditional completion tasks.

Training data up to Sep 2021.

Published: Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT


OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (openai/gpt-3.5-turbo)

GPT-3.5 Turbo is OpenAI's fastest model. It can understand and generate natural language or code, and is optimized for chat and traditional completion tasks.

Training data up to Sep 2021.

Published: Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT



Robot Technology

🤖 Robot Talk Episode 145 – Robotics and automation in manufacturing, with Agata Suwala

Claire chatted to Agata Suwala from the Manufacturing Technology Centre about leveraging robotics to make manufacturing systems more sustainable. Agata Suwala is a Technology Manager at the Manufacturing Technology Centre, where she leads cutting-edge work in automation and robotics. With over a decade of experience in R&D, Agata specialises in developing and implementing advanced manufacturing […]

Source: robohub.org • Published: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:05:38 +0000

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🤖 How cosmetic manufacturers are turning to cobot palletizing to scale production

Cosmetic manufacturers are under growing pressure to scale output. New product launches, shorter lifecycles, private labels, and seasonal demand are stretching production teams thin. At the same time, labor shortages and rising costs are making it harder to staff end-of-line operations reliably. For many manufacturers, the bottleneck isn’t filling, labeling, or packaging. It’s palletizing. That’s why more cosmetic manufacturers are turning to collaborative robot (cobot) palletizing as a practica...

Source: blog.robotiq.com • Published: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:51:41 GMT

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🤖 CES 2026 wrap-up: When digital AI meets physical automation

CES 2026 showed how digital AI is becoming physical — and why palletizing automation is one of the clearest examples manufacturers can deploy today. At this year’s CES, Universal Robots and Robotiq, in collaboration with Siemens, showcased a next-generation palletizing solution that demonstrated how software intelligence, robotics, and industrial ecosystems are converging on the factory floor. Unlike many futuristic concepts on display, this solution wasn’t theoretical. It highlighted what manuf...

Source: blog.robotiq.com • Published: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:47:40 GMT

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🤖 When digital twins meet lean palletizing on the factory floor

CES is often associated with consumer technology and futuristic concepts. At CES 2026, the focus also included something manufacturers care about today: how digital intelligence and physical automation can work together to solve real palletizing challenges on the factory floor. At the event in Las Vegas, Robotiq partnered with Universal Robots and Siemens to demonstrate a next-generation palletizing solution that combines collaborative robotics, lean palletizing, and real-time digital twin techn...

Source: blog.robotiq.com • Published: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:47:28 GMT

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🤖 Key takeaways from Humanoids Summit Silicon Valley 2025

Data, Deployment, and the Real Path to Physical AI The Humanoids Summit made one thing very clear: progress in humanoid robotics isn’t being limited by ambition, but instead by data, reliability, and deployment reality . Across talks, demos, and hallway conversations, a consistent theme emerged. The industry is no longer asking if humanoids will work, but how to train them, evaluate them, and deploy them safely at scale. Here’s what stood out most.

Source: blog.robotiq.com • Published: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:35:53 GMT

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Good News

158 Giant Endangered Tortoises Released on Galápagos Island Where They’d Been Extinct for 180 Years

For the first time in over 180 years, a giant tortoise population is once again walking the landscapes of Floreana Island—launching the largest restoration effort ever undertaken on the Galápagos islands. 158 juvenile giant tortoises of Floreana lineage were released his week into their ancestral habitat, marking a historic milestone for the archipelago. Driven to […] The post 158 Giant Endangered Tortoises Released on Galápagos Island Where They’d Been Extinct for 180 Years appeared first...

Published: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:41:45 +0000

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Good News in History, February 21

198 years ago today, the first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix was published using the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah. Sequoyah, also known as George Gist, was a Cherokee polymath who was one of the few people in history from a pre-literate group who created the original written system for that group’s language. Just as […] The post Good News in History, February 21 appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Newborn Giraffe With Distinctive Hair-do is Charming Visitors to Ohio Zoo–And They Gave Him the Perfect Name

A four-week-old baby giraffe is becoming a social media sensation, thanks to his remarkable tuft of hair. His new name, Eugene, chosen from public suggestions, has proven to be a perfect fit for the young giraffe’s charming personality. The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Ohio welcomed the calf, weighing 130 lbs, on January 17 when […] The post Newborn Giraffe With Distinctive Hair-do is Charming Visitors to Ohio Zoo–And They Gave Him the Perfect Name appeared first on Good News Network...

Published: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:51:45 +0000

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High Schoolers and Seniors Build Unlikely Friendships Through Chair Volleyball

What started as a simple chair volleyball game at a senior living community in Belton, Texas, has grown into a meaningful intergenerational friendship. The sporty seniors, who proudly call themselves “The Hit Squad,” regularly host friendly chair volleyball matches with members of the Lake Belton High School volleyball team. The games have become a highlight […] The post High Schoolers and Seniors Build Unlikely Friendships Through Chair Volleyball appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:46:53 +0000

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Teacher Wins $1M Prize for Turning India’s Slums Into Hundreds of Open-Air Classrooms

An Indian teacher who has established more than 800 learning centers across India for children who have never attended school has been named the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Prize from GEMS Education. Located in over 100 slums and villages, Rouble Nagi’s classrooms offer safe, inspiring spaces to help overcome the challenging conditions […] The post Teacher Wins $1M Prize for Turning India’s Slums Into Hundreds of Open-Air Classrooms appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:18:40 +0000

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