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Spot, left, and Goddard took a campus stroll on Friday, Feb. 28. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

On a recent Friday morning, two robot dogs\u2014Spot and Goddard\u2014roamed across the Chamberlain Field grass as University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Associate Professor of Mechatronics Gokhan Erdemir and two student researchers captured movement data.<\/p>\n

Their goal? Refining an artificial intelligence-driven control system to make the robots\u2019 motions more closely resemble those of real dogs.<\/p>\n

Erdemir, who teaches in UTC\u2019s College of Engineering and Computer Science, is spearheading research that could advance robotics applications in emergency response, search and rescue, and terrains inaccessible to wheeled robots.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re collecting new data from the robot dogs\u2014their upper and lower legs and body movements\u2014and comparing it to movement data from real dogs,\u201d said Erdemir, a member of the UTC faculty since 2022. \u201cWith this information, we can develop a new control algorithm that allows the robots to behave and move like real dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research, Erdemir said, has far-reaching implications.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to improve the dexterity and walking abilities of robotic dogs using AI-based control models,\u201d he said. \u201cThis could make them more efficient for real-world applications.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese robotic platforms offer more flexibility than wheeled robots. They can climb mountains, navigate tight paths and reach places that wheeled robots cannot. That makes them valuable for emergency conditions and rescue operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research team includes UTC mechatronics students Trevor Kight, a senior from Spring Hill, Tennessee, and Ann Mcabee, a junior from Chattanooga.<\/p>\n

Kight has been Erdemir\u2019s principal researcher on the project for the past two semesters, focusing on developing code to extract movement data from the robot dogs\u2019 sensors.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, I worked on coding Spot so we could measure how it moves,\u201d Kight said. \u201cNow, we\u2019re comparing that data with real dog movements so we can create control algorithms that make Spot act and move like a real-life dog.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spot, the larger of the two robots, is a Boston Dynamics quadruped. The smaller robot, a Unitree Go2, has been affectionately named Goddard\u2014after the robot dog from the Nickelodeon cartoon Jimmy Neutron.<\/p>\n

Mcabee, a nontraditional student who previously studied physics before switching to mechatronics, was assisting with data collection for the first time during the Chamberlain Field excursion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my first time seeing these robots in action,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s really exciting to learn what they\u2019re capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her inspiration to pursue mechatronics came from an unexpected source\u2014her 13-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter comes up with crazy ideas and I wanted to be able to implement some of them one day,\u201d Mcabee said. \u201cMechatronics seemed like the best path because it combines so many engineering disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mcabee joked about telling her daughter about the on-campus research.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I go home and tell my daughter I was playing with robotic dogs all day, she\u2019ll probably be terrified,\u201d Mcabee said. \u201cShe\u2019s actually scared of robots. But I think they\u2019re adorable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo gallery by Angela Foster<\/h4>\n

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Gokhan Erdemir, Ann McAbee and Trevor Kight work Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 on Chamberlain Field to gather data from two robotic dogs, Spot and Goddard. The data will be compared against data from real dogs and used to make the robots move more like real dogs. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Gokhan Erdemir, Ann McAbee and Trevor Kight work Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 on Chamberlain Field to gather data from two robotic dogs, Spot and Goddard. The data will be compared against data from real dogs and used to make the robots move more like real dogs. <\/div> <\/div>
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Gokhan Erdemir, Ann McAbee and Trevor Kight work Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 on Chamberlain Field to gather data from two robotic dogs, Spot and Goddard. The data will be compared against data from real dogs and used to make the robots move more like real dogs. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Gokhan Erdemir, Ann McAbee and Trevor Kight work Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 on Chamberlain Field to gather data from two robotic dogs, Spot and Goddard. The data will be compared against data from real dogs and used to make the robots move more like real dogs. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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