by AUVSI News 

This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, Google is exploring the driverless car route for package delivery, the Navy has put X-47B funding on hold and DARPA is activating its ACTUV unmanned sub.



According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration has now approved 3,314 commercial UAS exemptions.



Engineers at the Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center have made a crash test cyclist for its self-driving car development. (Cycling Weekly)



Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Anka UAS made its operational debut earlier this month. (IHS Jane’s 360)



The Navy has halted funding to the X-47B as it reconsiders its UAS strategy. The platform is on “standby status.” (National Defense)



Google has patented self-driving trucks that would autonomous deliver packages. (Popular Science)



DARPA is launching its Antisubmarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel, a 132-foot-long ship with no crew, in April. (Popular Science)



Arrow Electronics, an electronics parts manufacturer, built a robot out of Legos that makes paper airplanes. (Yahoo! News)



Scientists from the University of California Berkeley have built a robotic cockroach that could be used in disaster relief scenarios. (ABC 7)



The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering artificial intelligence systems that pilot autonomous cars to be their legal driver. (Upstart Business Journal)

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