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The maker of The Transformers toys helped design a robot that’s about to land on the Moon.
Japan’s space agency JAXA is attempting a soft landing of its Moon Sniper mission. After alighting, the lander will eject SORA-Q, a transforming robot roughly the size of a baseball that was made with the help of toy company Takara Tomy.
But don’t get too attached —the robot’s battery life is only two hours.
Watch JAXA’s livestream, which is scheduled to start at 9AM ET on Friday. The landing is estimated to occur at 10:20AM ET.
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