Six-legged robot could 3D print a standard Australian home in a day

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The developers of a futuristic spider-like robot say it could be building homes in Australia within years and it could one day even be deployed to the moon.  The semi-autonomous robot has been showcased at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney.

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00:00It looks and moves like a spider.

00:06Charlotte's a pretty amazing technology.

00:08It's a spider-like, you know, animal, bio-inspired creation.

00:13But Charlotte, the semi-autonomous robot,

00:16won't weave webs, instead could eventually build homes.

00:20It's essentially a giant 3D printer

00:22that's going to be able to 3D print homes

00:24out of sustainable building materials.

00:26Download plans onto it first, and it crawls along the site,

00:30laying this material where it's needed, when it's needed.

00:34Showcased at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney this week,

00:39still in research and development,

00:41it's the brainchild of Crest Robotics and Earth-built technology,

00:45touted as a low-carbon and low-cost solution to the housing crisis.

00:51One single process.

00:52Raw materials go in and walls come out,

00:56and that cuts out all the cost and all the carbon.

01:00Experts believe robotics will play a major role

01:03in addressing the labour shortage

01:05and improve productivity in construction.

01:08Robotics can help really close that gap

01:10and augment the workforce that we already have,

01:15so we can achieve more with the same level of workforce that is available.

01:19Charlotte's main purpose here on Earth is ambitious enough,

01:24and it's still in research and development,

01:27but for its creators, their hopes go all the way to the moon.

01:31By supporting this technology

01:33and doing it in an extreme environment like in space,

01:37we actually make solving problems here on Earth a lot easier.

01:40We really want to get technology demonstrators

01:42of, you know, Australian technology being tested up

01:44in these environments in the coming years.

01:49for all of us or not, we often

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