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This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World 



Ridding the world of landmines has been a dream of Afghani brothers Massoud and Mahmud Hassani, who have now built a low-cost drone that can destroy the devices. (Seeker)



Would you like to be able to control swarms of robots at once, using only your thoughts? Researchers at Arizona State University’s Human-Oriented Robotics and Control Lab say they have found a way to do that. (ZDNet)



Thirsty for a Slurpee? UAS startup Flirtey tested food delivery by drone for 7-Eleven in Reno, Nevada, earlier this month. (Tech Crunch)



After racking mileage across 40 cities, the six-wheeled ground delivery robots built by the company Starship will now be tested in neighborhoods of London, delivering products from such companies as Just Eat and Hermes. (The Engineer)



A team of researchers at Harvard have developed a new type of artificial muscle that could help robots move, which could be the ‘holy grail of soft robotics.’ (NDTV)



The National Science Foundation has given the Old Dominion University Research Foundation nearly $1 million to develop and implement courses in Virginia colleges that research and explore the use of unmanned aircraft. (UAS Magazine)

 

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