{"674384":{"#nid":"674384","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Packs of dog-shaped robots could one day roam the moon \u2014 if they can find their footing on Earth first","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A dog is a man\u0027s best friend,\u0022 the old saying goes. Can the same soon be said of robot dogs? This summer, a group of scientists including alumna \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/good-dog-lassie-spirit-learns-walk-moon\u0022\u003EFeifei Qian\u003C\/a\u003E (M.S. PHYS 2011, Ph.D. ECE 2015) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/rivera-hernandez-dr-frances\u0022\u003EFrances Rivera-Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/a\u003E, will travel to Oregon\u0027s snow-capped Mt. Hood to train a dog-shaped robot named Spirit how to walk. The slopes of Mt. Hood are strewn with volcanic rocks and sprinkled with glaciers, a rugged environment that researchers think resembles the moon \u2014 which Spirit is being prepared to eventually explore. (This story also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-us-canada-68803774 \u0022\u003EBBC\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/video\/watch\/idRW450711042024RP1\/\u0022\u003EReuters\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sharjah24.ae\/en\/Articles\/2024\/04\/12\/Scientists-train-a-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon\u0022\u003ESharjah 24\u003C\/a\u003E. and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tag24.com\/science\/space-travel\/nasa-sends-robot-dogs-to-the-moon-all-about-the-lassie-project-3158563\u0022\u003ETAG 24\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A dog is a man\u0027s best friend,\u0022 the old saying goes. Can the same soon be said of robot dogs? This summer, a group of scientists including alumna \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/good-dog-lassie-spirit-learns-walk-moon\u0022\u003EFeifei Qian\u003C\/a\u003E (M.S. PHYS 2011, Ph.D. ECE 2015) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/rivera-hernandez-dr-frances\u0022\u003EFrances Rivera-Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/a\u003E, will travel to Oregon\u0027s snow-capped Mt. Hood to train a dog-shaped robot named Spirit how to walk. The slopes of Mt. Hood are strewn with volcanic rocks and sprinkled with glaciers, a rugged environment that researchers think resembles the moon \u2014 which Spirit is being prepared to eventually explore. (This story also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-us-canada-68803774 \u0022\u003EBBC\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/video\/watch\/idRW450711042024RP1\/\u0022\u003EReuters\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sharjah24.ae\/en\/Articles\/2024\/04\/12\/Scientists-train-a-robot-to-walk-on-the-moon\u0022\u003ESharjah 24\u003C\/a\u003E. and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tag24.com\/science\/space-travel\/nasa-sends-robot-dogs-to-the-moon-all-about-the-lassie-project-3158563\u0022\u003ETAG 24\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-04-25 18:29:37","changed_gmt":"2024-04-26 15:34:28","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Live Science","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/the-moon\/packs-of-dog-shaped-robots-could-one-day-roam-the-moon-if-they-can-find-their-footing-on-earth-first","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175593","name":"School  of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"193666","name":"LASSIE project"},{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"}],"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":""}}}