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Some more at NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/general/robot-team-builds-high-performance-digital-structure-for-nasa/ https://www.nasa.gov/general/robot-team-builds-h
by devindotcom 3y ago
Some more at NASA:
https://www.nasa.gov/general/robot-team-builds-high-performance-digital-structure-for-nasa/ https://www.nasa.gov/general/robot-team-builds-high-performa...
And I wrote it up here with some extra context from the creators:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/17/nasas-robotic-self-assembling-structures-could-be-the-next-phase-of-space-construction/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/17/nasas-robotic-self-assembl...
The work is very much ongoing. I think the terminology is a little odd (I already have a settled definition for "metamaterials") but it's a pretty smart system. Combine with something that can coat it with a layer of regolith cement and you have a great start for a habitat when humans get there a year or two later.
- avmich 3y agoCoating with the layer of regolith cement will probably make it much harder to disassemble. Maybe blocks themselves should have attachment points which aren't used for structure assembly, but can be used for unplanned extensions? And if necessary, those attachment points (some sort of one-time or reusable connectors) could be replaced relatively easy.