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Japan Is Sending a Robot to the Moon and It’s a Transformer – Futurism
The rover will collect data for Japan’s crewed pressurized rover.
This tiny spherical robot has a trick up its sleeve.
Transformer
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced that its sending a baseball-sized rover to the Moon some time next year to collect data on lunar dust.
And the tiny spherical robot has a trick up its sleeve: it can transform itself to drive across the surface instead of roll.
Japanese company ispace will be delivering the 250-gram rover using the commercial HAKUTO-R lander.
If successful, Japan has a chance to join a highly…
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