"Robotic Team Constructs Self-Assembling Structures for NASA's Space Construction"

NASA's ARMADAS team has developed a system using simple robots, structural building blocks, and smart algorithms to autonomously build functional, high-performance large-scale structures in space, such as solar power stations and habitats for crew, enabling long-term presence in deep space. The system demonstrated its capability by autonomously building a meters-scale shelter structure using hundreds of building blocks, with the robots working together to assemble, repair, and reconfigure the structural materials. The technology's mission adaptive and digital assembly capabilities allow for reusability and self-reconfiguration to meet evolving needs, with plans to expand the library of voxel types for future applications in deep space exploration missions.