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 the involved faculties are summarized in the posters: Architecture and the Built Environment and Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Industrial Design and Engineering. Additional information is available in the MSc 3-4 course brief, MSc 2 booklet, MSc 2-4 movie, MSc 3 movie, and LA&I introduction.
DOCUMENTS
Course brief: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lMTP4VkGaMt3LC8QoMnk7eOucjX2QO4vT0mnZjjXHBw/edit
Logbook lava tube mapping 2024: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EzKomS9jaCe5tU1XlVnxQrYXYrg2ZQzLuJUpbyL9ia8/edit?usp=sharing
TUTORIALS
Grasshopper and Rhino files:
(19-11-2025)
Tutorial files (13-11-2025)
CV for terrain mapping: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w30kUVbcGAPP42MiXRTDrb1RXZ--pCSJ/view
Functional distribution: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PSHX4wPpugNyhZmvrUqbiY4c7w1f9Khf/view
Various: https://moonshotplus.tudelft.nl/index.php?title=2024W1Online
Additional tutorials and knowledge base: https://gitlab.tudelft.nl/opentextbooks/rhino-grasshopper-course/
SOFTWARE
Rhino 7 and 8 downloadable from the Brightspace website (https://adhok.bk.tudelft.nl/manuals/windows-manuals/) and Grasshopper from http://www.grasshopper3d.com/. Grasshopper is included and pre-installed in Rhino 7 and 8. For the installation of plugins in Grasshopper open Grasshopper and choose File > Special Folders > Components folder. Save any plugin GHA file there. Right-click the file > Properties > make sure there is no 'blocked' text. Restart Rhino and Grasshopper.
Basic Tutorials:
Rhino tutorials: http://www.rhino3d.com/tutorials; http://vimeo.com/58212839 (watch & practice, about 5 minutes); http://vimeo.com/82431575 (watch & practice, about 1 hour); https://vimeo.com/28175502 (watch & practice, about 2 hours)
Plug-Ins:
- Weaverbird for Rhino 6 + 7 http://www.giuliopiacentino.com/weaverbird/ (tools for meshes)
- Ladybug and Honeybee plugin for Rhino 7 + 8: https://www.food4rhino.com/app/ladybug-tools (solar analysis tools).
- Karamba (https://www.karamba3d.com/) for structural analysis and calculations follow the instructions at: https://adhok.bk.tudelft.nl/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Karamba3D_Install-EN.pdf to get a TU Delft license key.
- Kangaroo most current version as well as version 0.099: https://www.food4rhino.com/app/kangaroo-physics.
- Various plugins wenn needed: https://www.food4rhino.com/app/anemone; https://www.food4rhino.com/app/pufferfish; https://www.food4rhino.com/app/human; https://www.food4rhino.com/app/meshedit; https://www.food4rhino.com/app/elefront; https://www.food4rhino.com/app/lunchbox; https://www.food4rhino.com/app/nudibranch; https://www.food4rhino.com/app/parakeet; https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/dendro; https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/kukaprc-parametric-robot-control-grasshopper
ACTIVITIES
Symposium DSI: Moonshot & Off-Earth Environments (19.Sept. 2024): http://www.roboticbuilding.eu/2024/08/21/moonshot_symposium/
Lava tube mission (18-22 Nov. 2024): Robotic Terrain Mapping http://www.roboticbuilding.eu/project/robotic-terrain-mapping/
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); Alessandra Menicucci, Angelo Cervone, and Reza Sabzevari (AE).
STUDENTS (24-26)
Jonathan Jonathan (ABE)
Regina Tania Tan (ABE)
Sophia Benfield (ABE)
Walter Chung (ABE)
Antonia Sattler (ABE)
Alexander James Becoy (ME)
Tom Lim (ME)
Nick Felten (AE)
Peixing Yang (ABE)
Maurits Roijen (ABE)
Zhangze Shao (ABE)
Zhengyang Lu (ME)
Addick Land (AE)
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 CS (inflatable): http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/Msc2G3:Group
RB graduations: http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/2019Studios
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
LunArk: https://www.saga.dk/projects/lunark/habitat
Cornell's rovers: https://cei.ece.cornell.edu/research-2/crc/
Springer's Space Resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QPR7yWIQ-OXL1roSOICswlz0Y7cUuINe/view
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)
Assembly: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666165923000303
HRI-supported assembly: 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).
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
