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WHAT

Rhizome: Development of an Autarkic Design-to-Robotic-Production and –

Operation System for Building Off-Earth/ Mars Habitats

Robotic Building

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HOW

+ Rhizome project: Collaboration between TUD, ESA and Vertico (http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/Shared:Rhizome);

+ Revised/New WPs related civil engineering and material science:

++ Instead of excavating build in empty lava tubes;

++ Test 3D printed prototypes at component scale;

+ Revised budget CiTG, 3ME, and AE to meet redistribution of tasks (work in progress);

+ Dissemination:

++ Media attention: Universe Today, Phys, Uncover reality, Syfy,

Copernical, and Impact lab;

++ Journal issue in Spool CpA (at proofreading stage) and book

in Springer book series Adaptive Environments (proposal is being

revised to meet AE requirements).

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Cavity > Voronoi-based

subdivision of space

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D2RO > LSS

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Alternatively, sensor-

actuators are located on

the surface

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Voronoi-based material

design

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Voronoi-based componential

logic

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Architecture

+ Test componential logic;

+ Adapt overall design to empty lava tube scenario;

+ Revise and refine geometry based on feedback from physical prototyping;

+ Develop concrete using regolith simulant for 3D printing and test components for structural and insulation properties;

All

+ Report to ESA.