by AUVSI News 

This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world Battelle announced an anti-UAV device, Stanford PhD students created a quadrotor camera planning app and Tesla released the first autonomous driving update to its vehicles. 



PhD students at Stanford University have released a mobile app that allows users to set up and keyframe a virtual version of a cinematic drone shot so that videographers can get the exact scene they want, framed the way they want it. (Engadget)



Battelle announced an anti-UAV device that can slowly bring rogue consumer drones to the ground. (Popular Science)



Japanese researchers created a spherical rolling robot that can transform into a quadruped. (BoingBoing)



Tesla released the first autonomous driving update to its cars that will allow them to operate on highways without constant human control. (Computerworld)



Roboticists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are creating algorithms so robots can protect themselves while falling. (Cnet)



Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a robotic hand that uses light to sense force. (ZDnet)