by AUVSI News 

This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, Pepper gains some smarts from IBM’s Watson, the Federal Aviation Administration released an app for drone flight and Brazil ended its pursuit of an indigenous tactical UAS.



According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration has now approved 2,817 commercial UAS exemptions out of about 4,700 requests. 



 A city southern of Ontario, Canada, aims to be the next Silicon Valley for driverless cars. (The Weather Network)



IBM’s Watson is supplying the emotional robot Pepper with the power of “cognitive computing.” (The Verge)



The FAA released an app for iOS called B4UFLY that makes drone pilots aware of no-fly zones. The app is still in beta for Android users. (The Mac Observer)



Brazilian budget woes have led consortium Harpia Sistemas to stop development on an indigenous variation of a Hermes 450. (Flightglobal)



This week, Chinese company EHang released what it is calling the world’s first passenger drone. (Wired)



ISIS released a video showing them using a driverless car as a remote-controlled weapon. (Popular Science)



A project from the Naval Research Lab was able to keep unmanned sailplanes aloft for hours on only minutes of engine time. (Naval Technology)

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