HIGASHIOSAKA, Japan >> A group of small and midsize companies based in Higashiosaka, Osaka prefecture, has crowdfunded the development of a lunar exploration robot, which it hopes to launch by around ...

If you entered a test site operated by Japan’s space agency recently, you would’ve seen a bunch of tiny red robots trundling across a sandy surface. The AI-powered robots were being tested ahead of a ...

The robot has been described as a spider-like machine that may help build homes on the Moon, with its multi-legged form and 3D printing system tailored to operate in low gravity and on uneven terrain, ...

Mankind has been trying to get back to the moon for decades, and it looks like NASA's Artemis project is on track to send the first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years by mid-2027. But where ...

A spider-inspired robot named Charlotte could soon be printing buildings on the Moon using nothing but lunar dust. Built to function as a mobile 3D printer, the machine is capable of turning sand and ...