{"675401":{"#nid":"675401","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How a dog-like robot is training for space exploration on Mount Hood","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of researchers, led by Georgia Tech alumna \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/feifei-qian-56465328\/\u0022\u003EFeifei Qian\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/rivera-hernandez-dr-frances\u0022\u003EFrances Rivera-Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, \u003C\/em\u003Econtinue to work on the LASSIE Project, which stands for Legged Autonomous Surface Science in Analogue Environments. They want to see just how well a four-legged robot could make it up Mount Hood\u2019s gravel and snow. \u201cIt\u2019s literally a robotic dog form,\u201d said Qian. \u201cIt can plow. It can basically dig a hole.\u201d She added, \u0022the information the robot sends back with each step could tell scientists whether it\u2019s good to build a structure in a certain spot on the moon or whether it\u2019d be good to excavate.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of researchers, led by Georgia Tech alumna \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/feifei-qian-56465328\/\u0022\u003EFeifei Qian\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/rivera-hernandez-dr-frances\u0022\u003EFrances Rivera-Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, \u003C\/em\u003Econtinue to work on the LASSIE Project, which stands for Legged Autonomous Surface Science in Analogue Environments. They want to see just how well a four-legged robot could make it up Mount Hood\u2019s gravel and snow. \u201cIt\u2019s literally a robotic dog form,\u201d said Qian. \u201cIt can plow. It can basically dig a hole.\u201d She added, \u0022the information the robot sends back with each step could tell scientists whether it\u2019s good to build a structure in a certain spot on the moon or whether it\u2019d be good to excavate.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36609","created_gmt":"2024-07-09 14:32:15","changed_gmt":"2024-07-10 15:48:46","author":"acook304","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Oregon Public Broadcasting","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/07\/04\/dog-like-robot-space-exploration-mount-hood\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"13169","name":"autonomous 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":""}}}