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Weekend Roundup
Photo: University of Southampton.
This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, the Automated Vehicle Symposium, organized by AUVSI and TRB, highlighted the great potential benefits and hurdles for self-driving cars, the Royal Navy launched a 3-D printed unmanned aircraft off a warship and Australia is implementing a billion-dollar UAS program to battle invasive species.
The Federal Aviation Administration also approved 49 more commercial UAS exemptions this week, bringing the total number of approved operators to 846 out of over 2,200 requests.
An engineer from the National University of Singapore has created a robotic device that can make the labor-intensive Indian bread roti. (Quartz)
A 3-D printed unmanned aircraft was launched off the U.K. Royal Navy’s HMS Mersey. (Product Design & Development)
NASA is asking for crowdsourced 3-D models of tools to help its Robonaut2, which is currently on the International Space Station, learn to perform new tasks. (CNN Money)
California company TRACE Live Networks has purchased Saskatoon’s Draganfly Innovation, one of Canada’s most prominent UAS manufacturers. (The Star Phoenix)
The comet-bound robot Philae has gone quiet, according to the European Space Agency, which listed its status as “uncertain.” (Yahoo News)
Australia is implementing a billion-dollar program to battle invasive species with unmanned aircraft. (IT Wire)
DARPA’s ALIAS, or Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System, had its first autonomous flight this week. (Times Live)
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, Dr. Mark Rosekind, spoke on the promise of self-driving cars at this week’s Automated Vehicle Symposium. (NBC News)
