Tandon School of Engineering researchers are hoping to bring together a team with lofty goals, like repairing U.S. infrastructure and building bases on the Moon, or even Mars.

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It will be one that is smarter, more efficient and better than any past teams because, well, they’re robots. A group of interdisciplinary robotics experts at Tandon School of Engineering has received a $1.2 million grant to develop autonomous robots equipped with 3D printers that will work in teams to repair and build new structures.

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3D printing starts by designing a three-dimensional object in a computer program. The 3D printer then takes that file and prints micro-thin layer by micro-thin layer of the object over the course of many hours, in a process known as additive manufacturing. The objects are generally small and made of […]

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