Weekend Roundup

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This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, the Uber revealed its driverless car, an underwater glider found a sea life food repository and SoftBank’s Pepper has a developer kit.



According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration has now approved 5,195 commercial UAS exemptions.



The National Telecommunications and Information Administration released a list of voluntary privacy guidelines for commercial and noncommercial drone users. (CIO)



Uber has tested its first driverless car in Pittsburgh. (Vanity Fair)



A telepresence robot for remote ultrasounds has been developed by scientists in Victoria, Australia. The machine would allow for remote diagnostics and also features a sensory feedback loop. (ABC)



Google has patented an adhesive layer that could be applied to the hood of its self-driving cars that could affix hit pedestrians in place. (The Drum



An underwater glider discovered a hidden food foraging area for sharks and whales off the coast of Wales. The project is a part of a partnership between the World Wildlife Fund and the National Oceanography Centre. (BBC)



SoftBank is opening up its humanoid robot Pepper to developers with a software development kit for Android Studio. (PC Magazine)




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