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Two tiny transforming robots landed on the moon, deployed from Japan's SLIM lunar lander, and transformed into rovers.

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The Moon

Who
Japan's SLIM lunar lander, two tiny transforming robots
What
Two tiny transforming robots landed on the moon, deployed from Japan's SLIM lunar lander, and transformed into rovers.
When
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT · 4h 14m ago
Where
The Moon ·
Why
The robots are designed to scout out terrain ahead of larger rovers or access places larger rovers cannot.
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This event marks a successful deployment of autonomous transforming robots for lunar exploration, potentially enhancing future mission capabilities for terrain scouting.

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