This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World




The U.S. Army is working on developing autonomous vehicles to use for transporting injured soldiers to and from doctor’s appointments. The Army hopes these vehicles can help with the development of autonomous vehicles to use on the battlefield. (Foxtrot Alpha)




One man recently used his old Game Boy classic to control a UAS during its flight. The UAS he was operating was a AR.Drone 2.0 from Parrot. (Trusted Reviews)




A Chinese UUV, named "Haidou-1," has set the record for deepest dive. It went 10,767 meters, or almost seven miles, deep to the ocean’s lowest point, the Mariana Trench in the West Pacific. (NDTV)




Roborace has created an autonomous race car called the DevBot, which can reach speeds of up to 180 mph. (Auto Express)




Northrop Grumman has donated a Bat UAS to the Northland Community and Technical College's unmanned aircraft systems programs. The Bat is a medium-sized UAS that can fly 18 hours at a time and reach altitudes of 17,000 feet. (Grand Forks Herald)




A New Zealand Domino’s pizza chain completed a delivery by UAS. Domino’s wants to launch a full time delivery service by UAS before the end of the year. (Yahoo)




Researchers at Harvard have created an autonomous robot modeled after an Octopus. The Octobot, known as the world’s first soft autonomous robot, has one purpose: dancing. (Laughing Squid)

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