MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — At 7,000 feet, along the Magic Mile chair lift, there’s still plenty of snow for almost late June, but there’s a group interested in not just the freshly carved slopes but something ...
Courtney Flatt / NWPB On rocky outcrops 6,000 feet up Mount Hood’s ski slopes, Spirit the robot took one small step for robots, one giant leap for science. “It’s literally a robotic dog form,” said ...
PORTLAND, Oregon — Around 6,000 feet up Mount Hood, a team of engineers and scientists are teaching a dog-like robot how to walk across the mountain's terrain. The robot, named Spirit, uses its four ...
Mount Etna, an active volcano on Sicily, has some geographical similarities with the Moon, not least its lava landscapes and granular surface. Various robotic systems worked together in inhospitable ...