Weekend Roundup 5/10/2013
Weekend Roundup
- DARPA and iRobot have released a robotic hand that is dexterous but also can pick up a 50-pound weight. (CBS News)
- SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in talks with Google to make driverless electric cars. (USA Today)
- The commander of Russia’s air force told journalists he expects his paratroopers will have unmanned aircraft systems by 2018. (World Bulletin)
- Harvard has flown an aircraft called the RoboBee that is smaller than a quarter. (Discovery News)
- Turkey’s medium-altitude, long-endurance ANKA UAV is ready for production (Trend)
- Nicholls State University’s Geomatics Department is planning to map Louisiana’s barrier islands and inspect offshore oil rigs with UAS. (Houma Today)
- Carnegie Mellon University’s HERB robot is learning how to recognize objects. (NBC News)
- Exoskeletons that are aiding injured people to walk again are getting lighter and very close to production. (The Washington Post)
