This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World 



A security robot, which stands at 5 feet tall but weighs in at 300 pounds, knocked over a 16-month-old child at a Palo Alto, California, shopping center. The robot, which was introduced last year, is designed to help authorities catch shoplifters. (Fortune)



Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a battery-powered robot that can walk for five hours untethered. (National Post)



The short-term Federal Aviation Administration extension bill includes a measure to continue the drone test site program for another three years. (Rome Sentinel)



Shrewd Pokemon Go users have found a workaround to capture as many of the characters as quickly as possible: Put your smartphone on a drone. (Forbes)



The U.K. Ministry of Defense and U.S. Department of Defense are asking companies to compete for an unmanned military resupply contract, with tests scheduled to start in October 2017. (RT)



According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration has now approved 5,526 commercial UAS exemptions. The number of Section 333 approvals has slowed in recent weeks, with the number increasing only by two in the last two weeks. 

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