Japan's Transforming Moon Robot

Japan’s JAXA just sent a tiny, baseball-sized robot named LEV-2 to the moon — and it’s got a toy-inspired twist: it rolled out of a ball into a rover, thanks to tech borrowed from transforming kids’ toys. It snapped pics of the lunar surface and its sibling rover LEV-1, even though it lost contact with both for a while. Despite the glitches, the mission’s data is already fueling next-gen space robots — and the team’s published their findings in Science Robotics, showing how these nimble machines could revolutionize moon and beyond exploration. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f35e3459e76685d8