2024Msc3-4LAI

INTERFACULTY GRADUATION: LUNAR ARCHITECTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE

Mirroring the interdisciplinary nature of space colonization projects where engineers, architects, roboticists, and space scientists work together to achieve common goals, the new interfaculty course, Lunar Architecture and Infrastructure (LA&I) is designed to foster collaboration and shared objectives among students from various faculties. It is open to all TU Delft students and addresses challenges of space colonization.

To survive in outer space, humans need protection from radiation. Such protection requires architecture and infrastructure to ensure habitation and accommodate various activities ranging from living to working while relying heavily on In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and a high degree of automation.

The themes from Aerospace Engineering (AE), Civil Engineering and Geoscience (CEG), and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) are summarized in the ABE, AE, CEG, and EEMCS posters. Additional information is available in the course brief.

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DOCUMENTS

Course brief: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lMTP4VkGaMt3LC8QoMnk7eOucjX2QO4vT0mnZjjXHBw/edit
Course schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I50YBblbCyktGv6ZfUP6Mbsg6Srr-idP9S9JxFOekXw/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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ACTIVITIES

Workshop RB: Design-to-Robotic-Production (13-20 Sept.)
Symposium DSI: Moonshot & Off-Earth Environments (19.Sept.): http://www.roboticbuilding.eu/2024/08/21/moonshot_symposium/
Lava tube mission (TBD Oct./ Nov.): Robotic Terrain Mapping http://www.roboticbuilding.eu/project/robotic-terrain-mapping/
Midterm review (7 Nov.)
Workshop CoR: HRI-supported assembly (11-15 Nov.)
Final review (30 Jan.)

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COORDINATORS/ TUTORS

Coordinator: Henriette Bier (ABE)
Tutors: Raj Rajan, Prem Sundaramoorthy, Chris Verhoeven, Fabio Sebastiano, and Seyran Khademi (EEMCS); Henriette Bier, Ferry Adema, Arwin Hidding, and Vera Laszlo (ABE); Luka Peternel and Micah Prendergast (ME; Robin Oval and Mariana Popescu (CEG); Alessandra Menicucci, Angelo Cervone, and Reza Sabzevari (AE).

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STUDENTS

Jonathan Jonathan
Regina Regina Tania Tan
Sophia Benfield
Walter Chung
Alexander James Becoy
Radha Dinesh Dave
Alessandro Bategazzore
Nick Felten

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REFERENCES

Rhizome 1: http://cpa.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php?title=Rhizome1
Rhizome 2: http://cpa.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php?title=Rhizome2 and http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/Shared:2023W4G4Design
Space Architecture 23: http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/Shared:2023W4G4Design
Space Architecture 24: http://cpa.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php?title=Shared:WS2024MSc2SAG3Presentations
RB studies: http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:Main, http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:P1, http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:P2, http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:P2context, and http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:P3
ESA: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/01/OSIP_December_2020_ideas_Off-Earth_Manufacturing_and_Construction_Campaign (construction), https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/take-refuge-in-a-cave-on-the-moon/ (lava tubes), https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/26/esa_moon_rovers/?fbclid=IwAR0XOu3jJBF962t8dFZnxkT9jh-EX_iYz8gUIDYZWT5nKaAGx3cH2zNNAOw (rovers in lava tubes), https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/European_Large_Logistics_Lander (logistic lander), https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Discovery_and_Preparation/ESA_plans_mission_to_explore_lunar_caves (caves), and https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/CAVES_and_Pangaea (exploration)
NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/prizes-challenges-and-crowdsourcing/centennial-challenges/3d-printed-habitat-challenge/
Lava tubes and scanning: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825220303342 (lava tubes size and morphology) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103521003171?via%3Dihub (lava tubes shield from radiation) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775517301622 (scanning)
Robots and 3D printing: https://cjme.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s10033-018-0267-9 (cable robots) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8376287 (cable robots) https://www.archdaily.com/966349/big-nasa-and-icon-reveal-3d-printed-research-habitats-for-mars (3D printing)
HRI: Loopik, H., & Peternel, L. (2021). A Multi-Modal Control Method for a Collaborative Human-Robot Building Task in Off-Earth Habitat Construction. Workshop on Design, Learning, and Control for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration (ICAR 2021).

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TEMPLATES

Report:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fNNps7UfgIfoOH8G0ar-5Bzz26-up8Y4/edit

Video & instructions:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eb58-dR2yR7Ulc5dQq765uEKmdqVlVhV/view
- In the zip file, check the file named 'AI_Msc2_Video Template. prproj' file, other files are just reference images and videos used for the template.
- Replace the movies to keep the current effects on the video.
- You will see the following titles on the template: '3D Printing', 'Design', 'Node', and 'Robotic Arm': These are just the sections in the template. You can also reach those sections by double-clicking from the general video section, which is 'Movie 1'
- If you do not have the font used on the video on your laptop, upload those to your laptop/computer: settings > control panel > fonts. You(at least Windows users) can copy-paste the font to the 'fonts folder' on your laptop.

Archive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MsjV7GPDhpol1BUl02_tLhqz6iUiKADP/view

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