NASA develops autonomous lunar robots to support moon missions

NASA is developing a group of autonomous lunar robots as part of its Artemis campaign to support human presence on the moon. The CADRE rovers will map the lunar surface and detect resources beneath the dust. Three CADRE rovers will launch later this year. They will communicate with each other and send data back to their lander. The IPEx excavator will then extract valuable resources like oxygen and water from the lunar regolith. These advancements aim to enable longer human missions on the moon and potentially use lunar resources for future space exploration.