Abstract

This paper aims to Theorise a perfect building Machine for AEC Industry, which allows Robot Human cooperation during all the process from the concept design to the actual construction site and the finished product.

The main question is: Is it possible to design and program a machine that could develop the construction phase of a process aided by a software that controls the whole development making it faster and more precise?

To answer this question the research is targeted on collecting different project that can be: pavilions, real buildings or just research projects  that involve robotics at different levels to explore the possibilities and the solutions that can be achieved.

This whole research is going to be organised following parameters like time, types of machines and robots used, typology of constructions and organisation developing the new strategies as in firms or universities.

Theoretical Framework

References

Bibliography

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• Shany, S., Gentry, T.R. (2015), “Design Cognition Shift from Craftsman to Digital Maker”, Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA, 683-692.

Siteography

• Robotically fabricated carbon-fibre pavilion opens at the V&A

• Wall-climbing mini robots build “entirely new structures” from carbon fibre

• ETH Zurich students create robot-built pavilion with a skin of wooden shingles

• Drones and robots weave carbon-fibre pavilion based on moth webs

• Jenny Sabin stretches robotically woven canopy across MoMA PS1 courtyard

• ETH Zurich unveils plans for robot-built house in Dübendorf

• Students “reinvigorate” traditional bamboo weaving with digital technologies for Sun Room pavilion

• ETH Zurich robots use new digital construction technique to build timber structures

• Robots complete span of 3D-printed bridge for Amsterdam canal

• ETH Zurich makes lightweight concrete ceiling using 3D sand-printing

Student: Riccardo Mura

Faculty: Ricardo Devesa