Dog-like robot prepares to go out of this world

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Is it time to send a robot dog to go fetch information from Mars? See how these engineers are using AI to train Spot the robot-like dog for an out of this world mission.

Engineers are preparing the robot for possible future Mars missions. They are training a dog-like robot named Spot to autonomously explore caves.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion lab developed the Artificial Intelligence behind Spot’s autonomy. Spot will be able to work without human guidance or access to GPS.

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