Mexico will start a swarm from microrobots on the Moon this year

@Ridus
Show original
Microrobots. © National autonomous university Mexico.mx Research group under the leadership of the doctor Medina Gustavo Tanko from National autonomous university Mexico (National autonomous university Mexico) will start this year on the Moon five microrobots onboard the landing Peregrine Lunar Lander module. The project is carried out with support of Ministry foreign affairs of United Mexican States, the Mexican space agencies and Hidalgo's staff. It will be the first Mexican mission on the Moon. The COLMENA project that is translated as "beehive", includes the self-organized swarm from five robots, each of which weighs less than 60 grams and has diameter only 12 centimeters...