CRASAR Director Robin Murphy is briefly back from Japan and hoping to return soon as part of a full deployment. She also links to a collection of photos relating to the ongoing efforts surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. IEEE Spectrum's Automaton blog focuses on the autonomous nature of the U.S. Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS), and embeds a video of the prototype's first flight. Automaton has also published a brief article on the Mars Rover, including a link to a video that animates the complex series of steps involved in getting it onto the surface of Mars.