Robotic lava tube mapping and multimodal data collection using quadruped and LiDAR
As part of TU Delft Rhizome 2.0 and Moonshot projects, focusing on the development of extraterrestrial habitats in lava tubes, the robotic mapping of an analogue lava tube in Sicily has been studied with the future goal of assessing its suitability for building construction. The main objective of the research was to survey a lava tube and acquire a novel dataset for future research, while also analyzing the collected data to evaluate possible future lava tube exploration scenarios for the Moon a
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Published: 27 July 2026
Source: Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Category: Research
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 28 July 2026
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