According to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, if you want to see the makings of the next data revolution, all you need to do is look up. "Look up" at drones, that is, Krzanich told the audience during his keynote at the InterDrone conference in Las Vegas. Drones possess the ability to capture precise data for industries like agriculture, construction and infrastructure inspection, even in the most demanding situations and environments. As such, unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs (the industry's preferred term for drones) are one of the most important technologies of the data age, Krzanich said. Looking to establish accountability across disparate project teams?

The American Red Cross is preparing to utilize a drone for the first time as it takes stock of the damage done to Houston by Hurricane Harvey. Imagery supplied by the drone will help the organization determine which areas require the most aid. A single drone will be deployed, embarking upon a one-week test flight in an area of the city that was hit particularly badly. The drone will be supplied by CyPhy Works, and is funded by UPS -- the logistics company has invested money in the drone maker with a view to using its technology to deliver packages. The images gathered by the drone will primarily be used to help the Red Cross as it works to help Houston residents that were affected by the hurricane get back on their feet.

Yemen's al Qaeda branch, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has taken advantage of a more than two-year-old civil war between the Iran-aligned Houthi group and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's Saudi-backed government to strengthen its position in the impoverished country.

To register or not to register? This question has been haunting aviation authorities about drones for long – the United Nations' aviation authority the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has called for a global drone registry, Reuters reported Friday. According to the report, the effort is a part of a larger plan to create a common framework of rules to fly and track unmanned aerial vehicles. Many countries including the U.S. have tried to create a drone registry before and failed. The Federal Aviation Administration called for registration of all drones in the U.S. in March, but the 2015 Department of Transportation backing was stuck down by a Washington D.C. court in May, prompting the aviation authority to rescind its order.

For many Russian students, the academic year started last Friday with tips on planetary domination from President Vladimir Putin. "Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia but for all humankind," he said, via live video beamed to 16,000 selected schools. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world." Putin's advice is the latest sign of an intensifying race among Russia, China, and the US to accumulate military power based on artificial intelligence. All three countries have proclaimed intelligent machines as vital to the future of their national security.

The United Nations' aviation agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), plans to support a single worldwide drone registry. This singular ledger would be easier for law enforcement to sift through than each country's individual UAV ledger. That might irk US hobbyists, who fought and defeated the FAA in court when it passed a law to force drone owners to sign up for an American registry. The contentious case ended in a decision that classified non-commercial drones as model aircraft, which don't need to be nationally registered. Whether the US drone community cooperates with ICAO's registry is another question.

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two months; here's what we have so far (send us your events!): Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Two Cassies give you a tour of Agility Robotics, where they mostly don't believe in furniture: Final assembly can be done in just over a minute and a half, as long as you're willing to be sped up a little bit: Speaking of Cassies (and we do like speaking of Cassies), Michigan Robotics just got theirs (No. 001!) and we're expecting GREAT THINGS: My question now is whether all the robots are going to be called "Cassie," or whether each will (eventually) be renamed when it arrives at its destination. My other question now is whether the first Cassie was "000" or "001," and also why don't they think they'll be making more than a thousand Cassies, because that seems pessimistic.

An abysmal government response to Hurricane Harvey exposed inadequate planning, lack of resources and confusing attempts at invoking incident command that iced potential responders such as commercial drone operators. Rescue efforts defaulted to heroic, overwhelmed local crews bolstered by the truly remarkable "Cajun Navy". In substantial form, social media played a key role for those attempting to contact responders. This show describes the nuances of the Hurricane Harvey landfall and offers precise protocols to improve future responses to natural disasters. The decision to not evacuate Houston was correct and will be the standard decision moving forward for sentinel events.

For many Russian students, the academic year started last Friday with tips on planetary domination from President Vladimir Putin. "Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind," he said, via live video beamed to 16,000 selected schools. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world." Putin's advice is the latest sign of an intensifying race among Russia, China, and the US to accumulate military power based on artificial intelligence. All three countries have proclaimed intelligent machines as vital to the future of their national security.

Anthony Falvo, tells The Associated Press that "no civilians were anywhere near the site." He says he does not have the identity of the al-Shabab member killed.