Observed arrival · 2026-09-17

EMERGENCE: A Construction Swarm for the Moon

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A Monash DeepNeuron research platform exploring decentralized robot swarms for lunar excavation, transport, deposition, and compaction.

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The project organizes lunar construction around a shared robot architecture rather than separate machines for each task. Its documented system design names an OAK-D Lite, a 360° 2D LiDAR baseline, Jetson Xavier NX compute, and STM32F446RE control, while the proposed autonomy layer uses centralized training with decentralized execution. The page distinguishes the current CAD-complete platform from planned physical testing and embodied-robot validation.

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