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This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World
Miami Sunset Senior High School’s engineering program will partner with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s duel enrollment program, to provide students with college credits while teaching them the basics surrounding UAS and their operations. During the week, a professor from Embry will teach two courses, Principles of Aeronautical Science and Flying Unmanned Flying Aircrafts, and students who pass those classes will receive three college credits for each class. (Miami’s Community Newspapers)
Michael Moore, a marine biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, is using modified UAS to monitor the health of whales. Accompanied with samplers, the UAS are used to monitor the breath of whales, by catching their exhalations from above. One of the modifications that Moore has made to the UAS is setting them to calibrate on flat land so their gyros aren’t affected by a rocking boat. (Quartz)
The world’s fastest driverless motorcycle, called the Autonomous Street Racer, was on display this week at the 2nd International Conference on Future Mobility in Dubai. The motorcycle, which was created by a Danish company called Nerve, can reach nearly 200 MPH. (Gulf News)
Journalist who use UAS for newsgathering will have the opportunity to learn the safest practices when operating unmanned systems, thanks to the development of a training program by the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP), which has done research in the field of safety practices for newsgathering. Major media organizations including the Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., the Associated Press and the Washington Post are working with MAAP. At least 120 journalists are expected to complete the program, which takes place over the course of three days. (Augusta Free Press)
Santa Clara University is welcoming a driverless shuttle to its campus. The shuttle will be responsible for transporting students, staff, faculty and guests around the campus. Currently, the shuttle, which can carry three people at a time, is set to operate on a loop while making five stops around the campus. (Patch)
