by AUVSI News 

This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, a robot landed an improbable golf shot, NASA added partners to its UAS Traffic Management system and Jaguar is road testing Land Rovers in the U.K.



According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration has now approved 3,261 commercial UAS exemptions. 



A robot named Eldrick nailed a hole-in-one-shot at the 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. (New York Daily News)



Google is moving a part of its self-driving car project to rainy, hilly Kirkland, Washington. (AutoEvolution)



NASA has added Emerging Technology Ventures Inc. and the Autonomous Unmanned Systems Cluster to its list of companies that support its Unmanned Aerial Systems Traffic Management system. (Alamogordo Daily News)



NASA is refuting claims that a group of hackers successfully hijacked one of its Global Hawks. (Hackread)



Amazon is now testing its drone technology in the Netherlands, in addition to tests in Canada and the United Kingdom. (Fortune)



As a part of the U.K. Connected Intelligent Transport Environment project, Jaguar Land Rover is testing autonomous and connected vehicles in the West Midlands. (Express & Star)



The U.S. Navy is shifting the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance Strike program toward a Carrier-Based Unmanned Aerial Refueling System due to F-35 shortfalls. (Australian Defence Magazine)



A teen was cured of his epileptic seizures after surgery with a robot that used satellite navigation-based technology to accurately map his brain to find the region with seizure-causing tissue. (Parent Herald)

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