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 ...

A dog named Spirit has been exploring the rocks and snow on Mount Hood in Oregon and beaches in California. Spirit sounds like this. (SOUNDBITE OF METAL JANGLING) SIMON: Spirit is a robot. Scientists ...

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 ...

Meet a robot dog named Spirit that's being tested for space Researchers in Oregon are testing a quadrupedal robot, named Spirit, to see if it could handle going to Mars or the moon.