{"673172":{"#nid":"673172","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"We Designed Wormlike, Limbless Robots that Navigate Obstacle Courses \u2014 They Could be Used for Search and Rescue One Day","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists have been trying to build\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snakebot\u0022\u003Esnakelike, limbless robots\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for decades. These robots could come in handy in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/searching-survivors-mexico-earthquake-snake-robots\u0022\u003Esearch-and-rescue\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;situations, where they could navigate collapsed buildings to find and assist survivors. Georgia Tech researchers Tianyu Wang, a robotics Ph.D. student, and Christopher Pierce, a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Physics, recently shared how they go about building these robots, drawing inspiration from creatures like worms and snakes. Wang and Pierce work with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDaniel Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, Dunn Family Professor in the School of Physics.\u0026nbsp;This story has been republished in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/limbless-robots-navigate-obstacles-future-search-rescue\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EKnow Techie\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E,\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iotworldtoday.com\/robotics\/snake-like-robot-navigates-obstacle-course\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIOT World Today\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/featured-content\/we-designed-wormlike-limbless-robots-that-navigate-obstacle-courses-%E2%88%92-they-could-be-used-for-search-and-rescue-one-day\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Good Men Project\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists have been trying to build\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snakebot\u0022\u003Esnakelike, limbless robots\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for decades. These robots could come in handy in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/searching-survivors-mexico-earthquake-snake-robots\u0022\u003Esearch-and-rescue\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;situations, where they could navigate collapsed buildings to find and assist survivors. Georgia Tech researchers Tianyu Wang, a robotics Ph.D. student, and Christopher Pierce, a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Physics, recently shared how they go about building these robots, drawing inspiration from creatures like worms and snakes. Wang and Pierce work with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDaniel Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, Dunn Family Professor in the School of Physics. This story has been republished in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/limbless-robots-navigate-obstacles-future-search-rescue\/\u0022\u003EKnow Techie\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iotworldtoday.com\/robotics\/snake-like-robot-navigates-obstacle-course\u0022\u003EIOT World Today\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/featured-content\/we-designed-wormlike-limbless-robots-that-navigate-obstacle-courses-%E2%88%92-they-could-be-used-for-search-and-rescue-one-day\/\u0022\u003EThe Good Men Project\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-02-26 19:17:19","changed_gmt":"2024-08-26 20:03:59","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Conversation","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/we-designed-wormlike-limbless-robots-that-navigate-obstacle-courses-they-could-be-used-for-search-and-rescue-one-day-220828","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181469","name":"bioinspired design"},{"id":"79061","name":"bioinspired technology"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"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":""}}}