"Meet Charlotte, an autonomous robot with claws that can 3D print homes on Earth and in space without using any cement. Developed by Crest Robotics and Earthbuilt Technology, the machine uses local raw materials in constructing walls or exteriors. On Earth, it gathers sand, soil, and waste products such as crushed bricks. On the Moon, the system uses lunar regolith, which is the loose rock and dust on the surface."
"Charlotte is spider-like in shape, and the companies say it is lightweight and modular, given that the machine can be folded down for transport in rockets or by vehicles. Once deployed, the flexible legs make Charlotte agile enough to move and pump the materials out of it, which is deemed crucial by the teams when the device works on uneven surfaces like the lunar ground."
Charlotte is an autonomous, spider-like robotic 3D printer that builds walls and exteriors using local raw materials on Earth and lunar regolith on the Moon. Collected sand, soil, crushed bricks, or regolith are filled into fabric sleeves within the machine, which compresses the sleeves to form strong, stackable layers laid strip by strip to create walls. The robot is lightweight, modular, and foldable for transport by rockets or vehicles, with flexible legs to traverse uneven terrain. Charlotte autonomously gathers and compresses materials and digitally controls extrusion zones and meters to produce structural walls without cement, cutting high-carbon steps.
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