{"648219":{"#nid":"648219","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Burrowing Soft Robot Developed That Could Tunnel Into The Moon","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA snake-like robot has been \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/robotics.sciencemag.org\/content\/6\/55\/eabe2922\u0022\u003Edeveloped\u003C\/a\u003E that can burrow through sand or loose soil. Researchers at the University of California\u0026nbsp;Santa Barbara \u0026amp; Georgia Institute of Technology have taken their cues from plants \u0026amp; animals that have evolved to navigate subterranean spaces.\u0026nbsp;They say they have \u0026quot;developed a fast, controllable soft robot that can burrow through sand.\u0026rdquo; The team is working on a project with NASA to develop burrowing for the moon or even more distant bodies, like Enceladus, a moon of Jupiter. The Geogia Tech researchers, all from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, include Dunn Family Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDan Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, former undergraduate research assistant\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mason-murray-cooper-914639169\u0022\u003EMason Murray-Cooper\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctoral researcher \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yasemin-\u00f6zkan-ayd\u0131n-96974344\u0022\u003EYasemin Ozkan-Aydin\u003C\/a\u003E, and research engineer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/enes-aydin-b2641724\u0022\u003EEnes Aydin\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-06-18 15:56:28","changed_gmt":"2021-06-18 15:56:28","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"stick-slip motion","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ie\/video\/headlines\/burrowing-soft-robot-developed-that-could-tunnel-into-the-moon\/vi-AALbsll","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"47881","name":"Dan Goldman"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"188112","name":"burrowing robots"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}