The X PRIZE Foundation and the LEGO® Group announced today the 30 finalist teams from Phase One of the 2012 MoonBots: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO MINDSTORMS® Challenge.

This year, Dexter Industries is bringing sustainability to Moonbots by providing 30 finalists with dSolar 4W systems. Teams will power their lunar robots with solar power, just like a real mission to the moon!

What's Moonbots 2012 all about? Here's a quick video . . .