Crazy-strong robotic dogs gear up for moon mission
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Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson introduces you to a robotic dog with unnatural strength that is training for moon missions.
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During a rigorous five-day testing period in the summer of 2023, Spirit faced a gauntlet of challenges. The quadruped robot, equipped with spindly metal legs, traversed shifting earth, mushy snow and rocky obstacles.
"A legged robot needs to be able to detect what is happening when it interacts with the ground underneath and rapidly adjust its locomotion strategies accordingly," explains Feifei Qian, the project lead from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.