MMIC-I: A Robotic Platform for Assembly Integration and Internal Locomotion through Mechanical Meta-Material Structures

Olivia Formoso,Greenfield Trinh,Damiana Catanoso,In-Won Park,Christine Gregg,Kenneth Cheung,Olivia Formoso,Greenfield Trinh,Damiana Catanoso,In-Won Park,Christine Gregg,Kenneth Cheung

In-space assembly is crucial to creating large-scale space structures and enabling long term space missions. Natural limitations in the size of transportation vehicles and ISRU production facilities necessitate an additive strategy with the size of the typical structural unit being essentially fixed and inversely proportional to the final assembly size. In prior robotic and space assembly examples...