This week in the unmanned systems and robotics world, robots remove mines at a historic site, the Federal Aviation Administration granted a nighttime flight exemption, and a robotic eel could help oil and gas companies. 



According to its website, the Federal Aviation Administration has now approved 4,982 commercial UAS exemptions.



A Buddhist temple outside of Beijing has developed a robotic monk that can chant mantras and answer questions about Buddhism and daily life. (Reuters)



The Federal Aviation Administration granted the first nighttime operational approval for a commercial drone to SkyWorks for building inspections. (ExecutiveGov)



The Eelume robot, a self-propelled snake robot, that could carry out underwater visual inspections for oil and gas companies. (Mirror)



Russia has used Uran-6 ground robots to remove 3,000 explosives placed by ISIS at the World Heritage site of Palmyra, Syria. (Mirror)



A woman in Orlando has been charged with conspiring to illegally export unmanned underwater vehicle technology to China. (Orlando Weekly)



Researchers are going to use unmanned aircraft to identify the best type of sorghum to use for biofuel production. (Engadget)



After beginning an investigation into a potential drone collision with a British Airways plane at Heathrow, the transport minister says the object could have actually been a plastic bag. (Fstoppers)

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