Interesting Engineering
By Jijo Malayil
Published: Apr 08, 2024 11:42 AM EST
A multidisciplinary team is teaching dog-like robots to navigate the moon’s craters and other challenging planetary surfaces.
As part of the research funded by NASA, researchers from various universities and NASA Johnson Space Center tested a quadruped named Spirit at Palmer Glacier on Oregon’s Mount Hood.
During five days of testing in the summer of 2023, Spirit traversed various terrains, ambling over, across, and over around shifting earth, mushy snow, and stones with his spindly metal legs.