机器人登陆月球建造建筑——轮廓工艺的潜力

Robotic Construction on the Moon:The Potential of Contour Crafting

美国南加利福尼亚大学的比洛克·霍什内维斯(Behrokh Khoshnevis)教授发明的轮廓工艺(contour crafting)是一种由数字控制的建造工艺,通过分层制造技术,可以直接按照计算机模型制造部件。由于无需使用传统混凝土施工中的模板,轮廓工艺可以大大降低成本和建造时间。通过机器人进行建造,最大限度地减少了劳动力的消耗,使该技术凸显巨大的潜力,尤其是在相对危险的环境中,比如充满对人体极具损害的高度辐射的月球。目前,由美国宇航局资助的研究正在探索使用轮廓工艺在月球上建造建筑的潜力,建造所需材料来自月球表面丰厚的风化层。本文对该项研究进行介绍,并对在月球上使用轮廓工艺的优势进行评估。

Contour Crafting is a digitally controlled construction process invented by Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis, which fabricates components directly from computer models with the layered fabrication technology. Without the need for formwork used in traditional concrete construction, CC can reduce costs and construction times significantly. The technique has great potential as the robotic construction consumes the minimal human labor especially in hazardous environments, such as the moon with its radiation levels that can prove highly damaging. Funded by NASA, it has been exploring the potential for using CC to build structures on the moon with the materials coming from the readily available regolith that is found in great abundance on the surface of the moon. This article introduces the research and evaluates on the advantages of CC on the Moon.