Weekend Roundup

Photo courtesy Desktop Engineering

Boston Engineering, in partnership with the U.S. Navy, developed the Tuna Robot, a UUV built to mimic the tuna’s fast speed and dexterity. The fish maneuvers at approximately 60 mph, can turn 180 degrees and accelerates to about 22 mph. It’s designed to carry out tasks like seeking out mines in waters of harbors or along shorelines or for finding hidden drugs or guns. (Desktop Engineering)





IRobot has delivered 30 explosive ordinance disposal robots to Brazil to help government and police forces for security purposes at the country’s 12 World Cup stadiums. (USA Today)





Central Texas Medical Center is helping clinically and morbidly obese patients lose weight with minimally invasive, robotic-assisted weight loss surgery. (Seniorific.com)





A paraplegic Brazilian man made the first kick off of the World Cup using a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton developed by Duke University researchers. (BBC)





U.S. Marine Corps is adding UAS training to its basic curriculum for new officers at the Basic School at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. (Defense Systems)