MIT Media Lab | Media Lab + Castrol Collaboration: Meet AstroAnt @MITMediaLab | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 54 minutes ago.
Meet the AstroAnt! This miniaturized swarm robot can ride atop a lunar rover and collect data related to its health, including surface temperatures and damage from micrometeoroid impacts. In the summer of 2024, with support from our collaborator Castrol, the Media Lab's Space Exploration Initiative tested AstroAnt in the Canary Islands, where the volcanic landscape resembles the lunar surface.

Find out more about AstroAnt and its upcoming trip to the moon: https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/castrol-moon/