Veronika Laszlo
28 Oct. 2022, 12:00h (PT), Henriette Bier lectures in the Forum at SDE4 (level 5) of the National University of Singapore on Modes of Advancing Robotics in Architecture.
Date: October 28, 2022
Time: 1200–1400hrs
Venue: SDE4, Level 5 Forum + Online on Zoom
Register for the lecture: https://nus.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egGscZjwOh1rg9M
The ‘Planetoid’ will be exhibited 20/10-10/12/2022 at the Tin Sheds gallery in Sydney as part of the event series SHErobots, where Henriette Bier will also lecture and lead a seminar on ‘Multi-agent Robotic Building’.
http://www.roboticbuilding.eu/she-robots/
At the SHErobot exhibit opening various speakers introduced the work of pioneering women roboticists from around the world amongst others the USYD dean and the Dutch Ambassador in Sydney, who sponsored the event.
The final review meeting on 1st of June marks the official end of the Rhizome project implemented with partners from TUD, ESA, and Vertico.
n order for off-Earth top surface structures built from regolith to protect astronauts from radiation, they need to be several metres thick. With support from European Space Agency (ESA) and Vertico, the Technical University Delft (TUD) advanced research into constructing habitats in empty lava tubes on Mars in order to create subsurface habitats. By building below ground level not only natural protection from radiation is achieved but also thermal insulation because the temperature below ground is more stable. A swarm of autonomous mobile robots developed at TUD scans the caves, mines for in situ resource utilisation (ISRU), and with the excavated regolith that is mixed with cement constructs the habitat by means of automated and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) supported Design-to-Robotic-Production-Assembly and -Operation (D2RPA&O) methods developed at TUD. The 3D printed rhizomatic habitat is a structurally optimised porous structure with increased thermal insulation properties due to its porosity. To regulate the indoor environment a Life Support System (LSS) is considered, which is, however, outside of the scope of the presented research. Instead, the production and operation of the habitat are explored by combining an automated kite-power system with solar panels in a microgrid with the goal to develop an autarkic D2RPA&O system for building off-Earth subsurface autarkic habitats from locally-obtained materials.
Zoom link: https://tudelft.zoom.us/j/96203933911
https://cpa.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php?title=Shared:Rhizome1Review6
