Robots & Pencils to Present Student Support AI at ASU Summit

Oct 14, 2026
Robots & Pencils will present an agentic AI approach that identifies students who may need help and connects them with campus resources.
Robots & Pencils to Present Student Support AI at ASU Summit

Robots & Pencils will sponsor and speak at the Agentic AI and the Student Experience Summit, the company said in a press release. Arizona State University will host the event from October 20 to 22 at the Omni Tempe Hotel in Arizona.

Elliott Hedman, lead AI strategist for education at Robots & Pencils, will join a panel about using AI to help professors begin conversations with students. The session will cover systems that identify when a student may be struggling or facing an academic integrity concern, contact the student, connect them with campus resources, and track the response.

Robots & Pencils is also building Nova Sol for Arizona State University. The agentic platform is designed to help the university reach students who need support.

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