Weekend Roundup

Photo courtesy RoboCup 2013 Flickr

 

By Holly Gonzalez

 

• Copter Cam UAV gives real time data to police in Australia to fight crime. (news.com.au)

• Academic and industry professionals showcase the use of unmanned aircraft systems at the National Sheriff’s Conference. (Liberty University)

• UAVs used to control weeds in Australia. (The Canberra Times)

• Students from Australia’s Griffith University were awarded for creation of an automated vehicle driven by a smartphone at the 2013 Queensland iAwards. (Nanowerk News) 

• University of Technology, Sydney Centre for Autonomous Systems is creating a robot to operate as an electronic stability system for the elderly and disabled. (Computerworld Techworld)

• Future Ambitions and Recap of the 2013 Robo Cup 2013. (iTech Post)

• England’s Bristol Robotics Laboratory, along with academic and industry professionals will develop the ‘Trustworthy Robotic Assistants’ project. (Nanowerk News)

• University of California-San Diego debuted an autonomous Firefighting Robot for mapping, capturing photos and reading temperature. (Design News)