Weekend Roundup 6/7/2013
Weekend Roundup
- The Domino’s Pizza “DomiCopter” was able to deliver two pizzas near London. (NBC News)
- Researchers are trying to mimic the sound of cicadas in the active sonar systems of small unmanned underwater vehicles. (Navy Times)
- The Himachi Pradesh government will use UAS to monitor the drug trade. (Hindustan Times)
- French robotic company Aldebaran is marketing a humanoid robot named ASK NAO as a teaching tool for autistic children. (Boston Globe)
- A small quadrotor UAS designed at the University of Minnesota is able to fly via brain control. (U.S. News & World Report)
- Roboteq releases SBL1360, a wireless motion controller to assist in designing autonomous robots. (Design News)
- Driverless trains will operate in parts of Sydney, Australia. (Herald Sun)
- Yamaha Motor Corp.’s R-MAX UAV is being tested to water Napa Valley vineyards. (Patch)
- Robotics teams from the U.S., Canada and Estonia competed in a $1.5 million NASA contest to find geologic samples. (New Hampshire Union Leader)

