Beachbot admires its work after autonomously carving images into the sand. Photo: Disney Research Zurich/ETH Zurich.

by Scott Kesselman

A roundup of noteworthy news in the unmanned systems and robotics world this week including 3-D printed food and smartwatches that summon driverless vehicles.



Valero reveals two products at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 that allow for intelligent interaction with driverless vehicles including smartwatch vehicle monitoring and remote starting. (Cnet)



A team from Disney Research has developed improved algorithms for robotic cameras to film basketball that use predictions of where the action will happen next to gather smoother footage. (IEEE Spectrum)



XYZPrinting demonstrated a 3-D food printer at CES 2015 that is slated to go on sale to the public later this year. (Mashable)



Nvidia’s latest generation graphics card will find extensive use in driverless vehicles as processing requirements skyrocket and graphical interfaces grow more complex. (Readwrite)



NASA and Nissan announced a five year partnership to work on driverless vehicle technology for passenger cars on Earth and unmanned rovers on other celestial bodies. (Wired)



Intel’s RealSense technology enabled an unmanned aircraft at CES 2015 to fly and avoid obstacles autonomously. (The Verge)



Researchers from ETH Zurich and Disney Research Zurich have developed a novel robot Beachbot, which autonomously rakes works of art into a designated area of sand. (IEEE Spectrum)

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