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This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, researchers blew a drone down with sound, scientist made a bully-proof robot and Harvard Business Review determined robots may not be taking jobs after all.
According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration also approved 141 more commercial UAS exemptions this week, bringing the total number of approved operators to 1,111 out of over 2,400 requests.
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have determined how to knock down a drone using sound that affects their gyroscopes. (Popular Science)
Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin said the Navy plans on having unmanned systems work together with manned systems as it ramps up its science and technology development. (Defense Systems)
A security firm based in Austin, Texas, used a drone to determine the connected devices being used on the ground below. (Fortune)
Cosmonauts on the International Space Station are manipulating a robot on earth in preparation for a similar Mars mission. (RT)
NASA is using a massive robot to build pieces of its next spacecraft that will send people to Mars. (Tech Times)
ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communications Laboratories researchers in Japan developing an “abuse-evading algorithm” demonstration had a robot try to outrun children bullying it. (Engadget)
A report by Harvard Business Review says, despite reports to the contrary, that robots seem to be improving workplace productivity instead of taking humans’ jobs. (Harvard Business Review)
Aerovel Corp., based in Washington state, has begun building a drone that can stay aloft for two days that will be used to help seafood control agencies. (Puget Sound Business Journal)
