Rob|Arch 2012 [electronic resource] : Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design /
Rob/Arch 2012(2012)
Brell-Cokcan, Sigrid.editor.
Braumann, Johannes.editor.
Architects, artists, and designers have been fascinated by robots for many decades, from Villemard’s utopian vision of an architect building a house with robotic labor in 1910, to the design of buildings that are robots themselves, such as Archigram’s Walking City. Today, they are again approaching the topic of robotic fabrication but this time employing a different strategy: instead of utopian proposals like Archigram’s or the highly specialized robots that were used by Japan’s construction industry in the 1990s, the current focus of architectural robotics is on industrial robots. These robotic arms have six degrees of freedom and are widely used in industry, especially for automotive production lines. What makes robotic arms so interesting for the creative industry is their multi-functionality: instead of having to develop specialized machines, a multifunctional robot arm can be equipped with a wide range of end-effectors, similar to a human hand using various tools. Therefore, architectural research into robotics is not so much directed at reinventing machines for architectural fabrication, but rather at reusing industrial robots as a well-established basis and adapting them for architectural purposes by developing custom software interfaces and end-effectors. By doing this, architects, artists and designers have advanced from being mere “users” of robots and have successfully emerged as recognized developers and trendsetters in robotic fabrication. This book publishes the proceedings of the fi rst international conference on robotic fabrication in architecture, art, and design, Rob|Arch.                  .
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Digital by Material; Envisioning an extended performative materiality in the digital age of architecture; Morphospaces of Robotic Fabrication; From theoretical morphology to design computation and digital fabrication in architecture; Robotically Fabricated Wood Plate Morphologies; Robotic prefabrication of a biomimetic, geometrically differentiated, lightweight, finger joint timber plate structure; Processes for an Architecture of Volume; Robotic wire cutting; Augmented Fabrications
A new control model for synchronous roboticsInterlacing; An experimental approach to integrating digital and physical design methods; HAL; Extension of a visual programming language to support teaching and research on robotics applied to construction; BrickDesign; A software for planning robotically controlled non-standard brick assemblies; Mill to Fit; The Robarch; Design Robotics; Towards strategic design experiments; Fabricating the Steel Bull of Spielberg; Morphfaux; Recovering architectural plaster by developing custom robotic tools; Protocols, Pathways, and Production
From Digital Design to Automated ProductionComplex-shaped concrete sub-constructions with steel reinforcement; Robot Assisted Asymmetric Incremental Sheet Forming; Surface quality and path planning; CNSILK; Spider-silk inspired robotic fabrication of woven habitats; Rhino2krl; A simple CAD to robot interface for fast process prototyping; Robotic Fabrication for Düzce Teknopark; Streamlining fabrication through versatile machines; Free Molding Technology; Outside Itself; Interactive installation assembled by robotic machines untouched by human hands; Geometry Optimization
Realization of fluid-form structure composed of spherical components, fabricated by means of computer software and robotic armsRobotic Pouring of Aggregate Structures; Responsive motion planning strategies for online robot control of granular pouring processes with synthetic macro-scale particles; Magnetic Architecture; Generative design through sensoric robots; Automating Eclipsis; Automated robotic fabrication of custom optimized metal façade s y stems; Irregular Substrate Tiling; The robotic poché; RoboSculpt; Unique molds for design with minimal waste; The Framed Pavilion
Modeling and producing complex systems in architectural educationAugmented Reality and the Fabrication of Gestural Form; Robotic Immaterial Fabrication; KUKA: Innovations in Industrial Robotics; splineTEX; Architectural composite materials; Industrial Robots in Architecture; Trends and innovations from ABB; Revolution in Steel Beam Fabrication; 21st Century Art: The Marriage of Inspiration and Innovation; Robots evolve to become the artist ́s high-performance tool; Modular Robotics; From individual modules to complex robotic structures; New Perspectives for Architecture and Design
Fabrication using robotic machining centers
Architects, artists, and designers have been fascinated by robots for many decades, from Villemard’s utopian vision of an architect building a house with robotic labor in 1910, to the design of buildings that are robots themselves, such as Archigram’s Walking City. Today, they are again approaching the topic of robotic fabrication but this time employing a different strategy: instead of utopian proposals like Archigram’s or the highly specialized robots that were used by Japan’s construction industry in the 1990s, the current focus of architectural robotics is on industrial robots. These robotic arms have six degrees of freedom and are widely used in industry, especially for automotive production lines. What makes robotic arms so interesting for the creative industry is their multi-functionality: instead of having to develop specialized machines, a multifunctional robot arm can be equipped with a wide range of end-effectors, similar to a human hand using various tools. Therefore, architectural research into robotics is not so much directed at reinventing machines for architectural fabrication, but rather at reusing industrial robots as a well-established basis and adapting them for architectural purposes by developing custom software interfaces and end-effectors. By doing this, architects, artists and designers have advanced from being mere “users” of robots and have successfully emerged as recognized developers and trendsetters in robotic fabrication. This book publishes the proceedings of the fi rst international conference on robotic fabrication in architecture, art, and design, Rob|Arch.                  .
Robotics.
Automation.
User interfaces (Computer systems).
Robotics and Automation.
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.