Weekend Roundup 

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• Professors at the University of Nebraska Lincoln have developed a water-collecting UAS to aid their research. (Journal Star)  

• Unmanned systems help Yukon prospectors track and locate gold mounds by aerial mapping and surveying. (CBC News) 

• The Nissan Leaf will have brand new autonomous features for driving safety. (Clean Technica)

• A grant for an apple-picking robot has been given to a Washington State University researcher. (Tri-Valley Dispatch)