Uber has now grounded its entire autonomous test fleet in the U.S., following an accident in Arizona which left one of its Volvo SUVs flipped >>>

A swarm of roboboats shows it can cooperate as a team on a harbor defense mission Source: U.S. Navy’s Drone Boat Swarm Practices Harbor Defense

Finally a gear system that could replace costly harmonic drives Source: SRI Demonstrates Abacus, the First New Rotary Transmission Design in 50 Years – IEEE >>>

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The all-electric carmaker said the conditions of the incident were unique, but expressed condolences to the driver’s family. Source: Tesla confirms first death in Autopiloted >>>

Source: Tesla Model X crashes into building, owner blames everything but the driver | The Verge

Engineers at MIT have designed a tiny bee-like robot capable of pausing mid-flight to perch on a variety of objects before once again taking to >>>

Source: US Navy to arm its submarines with ‘Blackwing’ spy drones

A new type of hydrostatic transmission that combines hydraulic and pneumatic lines can safely and precisely drive robot arms, giving them the delicacy necessary to >>>