Robots train in LUNA for their work on the Moon

The Dragon configuration of the modular MoonBot robot. Credit: DLR

Robots on space missions can measure, build, analyse – and play a significant role in lunar exploration. 

In recent days, rovers from Japan’s Tohoku University have driven across LUNA’s ‘moon dust’. The robots, developed to operate and adapt using artificial intelligence (AI), have practised picking up stones, navigating independently and assembling themselves into larger robotic units.

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