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Photo: Carnegie Mellon University.
This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, Carnegie Mellon claimed yet another RoboCup victory, a doctor has created a tumor-eating micro-robot, and Japanese self-driving taxi company might beat Uber and Google to the punch.
According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration also approved 123 more commercial UAS exemptions this week, bringing the total number of approved operators to 970 out of over 2,300 requests. However, the FAA has reportedly approved over 1,000 commercial operators to date.
This week, AUVSI released its “Snapshot of the First 500 Commercial UAS Exemptions,” an in depth preview into the first approved commercial UAS uses. An executive summary and interactive map can be found here, www.auvsi.org/resources/section333report, along with a link to the full report and a sharable infographic.
Russia is slated to begin mass production of its indigenous Stormbringer S-300M drone in August. (International Business Times)
Scientists at the Seoul National University and Harvard University teamed up to create a water strider robot that can dump as high as 14.2 centimeters into the air. (UberGizmo)
A neurosurgeon from the University of Maryland School of Medicine has created a prototype robot that, similar to a larvae, could possibly eat brain tumors from the inside out. (The Desert Sun)
Ausley Associates and the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association are teaming up to use unmanned aircraft to deliver medical supplies in Ghana. (Southern Maryland News)
A robotics developer has used a LEGO Mindstorms kit and an Arduino to make a robotic exoskeleton that can control a small robot. (Uproxx)
Researchers at Cornell University and École Polytechnique de Montréal have developed a programming language to control heterogeneous robot swarms, called Buzz. (SD Times)
Carnegie Mellon University won its fifth RoboCup competition, not allowing a single goal throughout the tournament. (Trib Live)
Japanese company DeNA is seeking to have autonomous cars serving as taxis by 2020. (Gizmodo)
