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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Robotic Fabrication"”.
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Robotic Fabrication Workflows for Environmentally Driven Facades
… the same rate. This research presents design to fabrication workflows that explore data driven design to improve performance of facades, implementing for this purpose computational tools to handle environmental data complexity and proposes robotic fabrication technologies to facilitate façade …
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Additive Manufacturing in Spacecraft Design and In-Space Robotic Fabrication of Large Structures
… most commonly used process being Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). Small satellites have also made significant advancements over the past two decades with the number of missions launched annually increased by orders of magnitude over that time span. Small satellites offer several advantages …
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Discrete-to-Complete: The Fundamentals of Design Directed Robotics
… time, designers have not embraced or considered robotic tools in their creative design processes. This thesis argues that the AEC industry must use automation methods that originate from established manufacturing procedures to expand the creative output of the disciplines. Leveraging …
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From a Machine to a Collaborator
… of the relationship between architecture and robotics, tailored to meet the requirements of both architecture students and professionals and any other creative user. The investigation encompasses three distinct robotic arm applications for architecture students, introduces and evaluates an …
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Robotic design construction : digital fabrication strategies for freeform masonry casting and mobile assembly
The paradigm shift of digital fabrication encourages architects to incorporate the knowledge of using innovative materials and novel tools to solve problems in design and construction. However, the application of digital fabrication still needs more flexibility that allows different groups in a …
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Programmable Mud: 3D Printing earth to achieve low-carbon, low-cost construction automation
… with computational design methodologies and robotic fabrication processes for architectural-scale applications. Through systematic material characterization, novel testing protocols, and case studies across multiple building systems, the research demonstrates that minimally processed earthen …
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Automated motion planning for robotic assembly of discrete architectural structures
Architectural robotics has proven a promising technique for assembling non-standard configurations of building components at the scale of the built environment, complementing the earlier revolution in generative digital design. However, despite the advantages of dexterity and precision, the time …
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Spline : rethinking concrete in the digital era
… of concrete in the digital era via the aid of robotic fabrication. If formwork is commonly informed by the goal of efficiency and economics, this research asks what emerges when it is informed by environmental, structural, or formal concerns. This thesis proposes a specific way of making that …
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Towards swarm-based design : distributed and materially-tunable digital fabrication across scales
… expand the role of Nature in Design and digital fabrication by investigating distributed fabrication strategies for the production of constructs that are, at once, large in scale and materially tunable towards swarm-based design. Digital fabrication approaches can be classified with respect to …