Photo: Liquid Robotics.

by AUVSI News 

This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, Samsung is entering the realm of driverless cars, Australia got its first firefighting robot and Air Force pilots are speaking out against the U.S. drone strike program. 



According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration has now approved 2,518 commercial UAS exemptions out of about 4,500 requests. 



Scientists are using a Liquid Robotics Wave Glider to collect data that will determine the health of Maunalua Bay in Hawaii. (HPR-2)



The Pepper robot has a new gig, working train stations in France to provide information to riders on departure and arrival times. (Engadget)



Korea’s Samsung has formed a new division that will work on creating driverless car technologies. (Irish Examiner)



Australia’s New South Wales Emergency Services and Fire and Rescue divisions have taken delivery of the country’s first firefighting robot. (Uber Gizmo)



Harbin Institute of Technology displayed three robots at the Beijing 2015 World Robot Conference that could be used in urban combat scenarios. (Popular Science)



Google Life Sciences, now called Verily under the new Alphabet reorganization, is collaborating with Johnson & Johnson to created better robotic surgical assistants. (Wired)



Former Air Force pilots involved in the drone program denounced the practice as “morally outrageous” in interviews with NBC News. (NBC News) 



Baidu and BMW are teaming up to develop a driverless car that will be available in China with in three years (The Telegraph)

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