This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World

Google’s self-driving car has reached two million miles driven on public roads. It took just 16 months to get to two million miles after taking six years to get to its first million miles. (The Hill)

This week, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee officially began using UAS as a part of their policing operations. The UAS will be used for life-saving missions, as well as helping to locate missing people and taking photos of crime, fire and traffic accident scenes. (News Channel 9)

Manufacturing company Komatsu has unveiled its new autonomous truck, the Komatsu’s Innovative Autonomous Haulage Vehicle. The truck, which is completely cable-less, is expected to be used in particularly challenging conditions, specifically those that are on slippery ground or in confined spaces for loading. (Australian Mining)

Danish architect Jens Pedersen has created autonomous, painting robots. The robots, named squiggles, are miniature robots made out of a toy called Bristle Bots, along with a battery and a tiny vibrating motor normally found in old telephones. (Hackney Citizen)

A competition sponsored by Local Motors and Mouser Electronics has produced the Fly-Mode, which is an autonomous car that comes accompanied with a UAS that can land on top of it. The UAS can send data to pneumatic levelers under the seats, allowing passengers to feel as if they are flying with the UAS. (Popular Science)

Students that are a part of the Cape Fear Community College’s Marine Technology program will have the opportunity to monitor the effects of Hurricane Matthew in real time through a five-foot USV that they deployed from Cape Hatteras. Data on things such as ocean currents, wind and waves will be collected and sent out via a GPS system on the boat every 12 hours. (Port City Daily)

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