Weekend Roundup

Image courtesy DARPA.

• A new video has been released detailing DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel concept for the Navy. (Live Science)

• Russia’s federal space agency wants to launch a robotic lunar orbiter mission by 2015 (DVice)

• Researchers have created a way for nurses without expert training to use a remote presence robot to program brain and spine stimulators. (Science Daily)

• Michigan State University has created a robot that flaps its tail for locomotion, cutting down on battery use. (New Scientist)

• A new window washer, the Winbot 7, is being released in the home robotics market. (Wired)