Weekend Roundup



 By Holly Gonzalez

• UC Berkeley’s Biomimetic Millisystems Lab designed Sprawl Tuned Autonomous Robot (STAR), a robot able to move like an insect and become flat to fit under doors. (Phys.org)

• Ocean Server’s Iver 2 AUV has been modified with hydrophones and new propulsion systems in order to track sharks. (Forbes)

• The U.S. Navy used a ScanEagle flying off research vessel Knorr to gather data on ocean and atmospheric weather patterns. (Military and Aerospace Electronics)

• Through a United States and Australia partnership to gather communications information via satellite, an unmanned Delta 4 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (TVNZ)

• Robots are gaining senses in depth perception, smell and touch in order to complete dangerous and less desired human jobs. (The Seattle Times)