建筑设备制造商小松已被日本政府选中，致力于开发可在太空运行的自动驾驶建筑设备。

小松正在使用数字孪生技术来重建现场条件和进行设备研发，以生产可在月球上运行的建筑设备。

小松表示，数字孪生技术对于精确重建现场条件和机器至关重要，公司正在进行可行性研究，以验证开发高精度数字孪生技术的可能性。

小松将使用数字孪生技术在线建造和操作一台液压挖掘机，并将其运动与地球上的实际设备进行比较，以验证模拟器的精度。正在进行的三年中期计划将于2022年3月31日前完成。

该项目的全称是“促进外太空自主施工创新技术的发展”，由日本国土交通省牵头管理，日本文部科学省参与协作。

原文如下：

Out of this world: Komatsu developing technology for construction in space

By Andy Brown

Construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu has been selected by the Japanese government to work on developing autonomous construction equipment that can operate in space.

As part of the aim of producing construction equipment that could operate on the moon, Komatsu is using digital twin technology to recreate site conditions and machines.

Komatsu says that digital twin technology is essential in precisely recreating site conditions and machines and the company is conducting a feasibility study to verify the possibility of developing high-precision digital twin technology.

Komatsu will create and operate a hydraulic excavator in cyberspace, using digital twin technology, and compare its movements with actual equipment on Earth to verify the simulator’s precision.

The ongoing three-year, mid-term management plan, is scheduled to be completed in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022.

The overall name of the project is ‘Promoting the Development of Innovative Technologies for Outer Space Autonomous Construction’ and it is lead managed by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with collaboration by Japan’s Ministry of EduCATion, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Komatsu’s proposal of the Development of Digital Twin Technology for Lunar Construction Equipment has been selected as an eligible target of Technology related to Autonomous Construction (Automation and Remote Control).

Source: https://www.international-construction.com/news/out-of-this-world-komatsu-developing-technology-for-construction-in-space/8016634.p