{"674449":{"#nid":"674449","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Robots cannot outrun animals, but they\u0027re evolving faster","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobotics engineers have worked for decades, using substantial funding, to create robots that can walk or run with the ease of animals. Despite these efforts, today\u2019s robots still cannot match the natural abilities of many animals in terms of endurance, agility, and robustness. Seeking to understand and quantify this disparity, an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from top research institutions, including Dunn Family Associate Professor at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/simon-sponberg\u0022\u003ESimon Sponberg\u003C\/a\u003E, conducted a comprehensive study to compare various aspects of robotic systems designed for running with their biological counterparts. (This also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/science\/article-800092\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Jerusalem Post\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2024-04-robots-outrun-animals.html\u0022\u003ETechXplore\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/evolution-vs-engineering-why-cant-robots-outrun-animals\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESciTechDaily\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobotics engineers have worked for decades, using substantial funding, to create robots that can walk or run with the ease of animals. Despite these efforts, today\u2019s robots still cannot match the natural abilities of many animals in terms of endurance, agility, and robustness. Seeking to understand and quantify this disparity, an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from top research institutions, including Dunn Family Associate Professor at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/simon-sponberg\u0022\u003ESimon Sponberg\u003C\/a\u003E, conducted a comprehensive study to compare various aspects of robotic systems designed for running with their biological counterparts. (This also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/science\/article-800092\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Jerusalem Post\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2024-04-robots-outrun-animals.html\u0022\u003ETechXplore\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/evolution-vs-engineering-why-cant-robots-outrun-animals\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESciTechDaily\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-04-30 20:05:53","changed_gmt":"2024-05-16 18:45:20","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Earth.com","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/robots-cannot-outrun-animals-but-theyre-evolving-faster\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"174082","name":"animal locomotion"}],"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":""}}}