Robo Builders

Currently, the assembly of vehicle parts and the construction of architecture has been either done in separate parts of the world or susceptible to human error. In an article published in Science Daily, researchers at MIT have been hard at work in producing a brand new "builder bot" of sorts. The robot is dubbed BILL-E (Bipedal Isotropic Locomoting Explorer).



BILL-E is capable of erecting structures without the need for a human to intervene. The human gives the robot a plan that it is capable of building and then it handles the rest. The hope is that it might be able to stop the current practice of certain structures needing to be assembled in separate locations. An example would be a commercial airliner where its wings may be constructed an assembled in one area, but the fuselage in another. The hope for BILL-E is that it may be able to stop this practice, which could positively impact the environment as it would eliminate the need to transport the separate pieces for final assembly.



Another hope is that a robot like BILL-E will be able to build human-livable structures on Mars. It would eliminate the need for humans to begin building as soon as they arrive on the Red Planet and instead have some sort of established base to begin whatever research they are there for.

The Science Daily Article