Weekend Roundup

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• The California Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking public input on driverless car regulations. (The Sacramento Bee)

• Howe and Howe Technologies has released its new SWAT robot to aid with standoffs and approaching armed suspects. (News Observer)

• Scientists from Heriot-Watt University are looking for investors to fund a robot that will repair coral reefs. (BBC)

• Italian researchers have built a robot that can help assemble IKEA furniture. (Gizmodo)

• Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is pushing for his state to adopt a driverless car bill. (Detroit Free Press)

• Germany may soon select a large UAS for the country’s air force. (Flightglobal)

• Designers from the Fortune Institute of Technology have conceptualized a snake robot that could remove toxic metals from water. (DVICE)

• Scientists from two California universities have teamed up to use an autonomous underwater vehicle to track sharks. (Wired)

• Australia will begin using UAS next month to spray prickly acacia plants, a weed. (The Morning Bulletin)