Researchers on robots building walls on the moon The paper ... A remaining challenge will be the recharging process. The robotic excavator thereby might either harvest energy by itself, rely ...

A robotic excavator could build a dry stone wall to act as a blast shield around a launch pad on the moon, a new study suggests.

Known as Heap (hydraulic excavator for an autonomous purpose), the robot is a customised 12tonne Menzi Muck M545 with cameras, lidars, inertial measurement, satellite navigation and joint angle ...