Pub Date : 2021-01-22DOI: 10.1007/s41693-020-00051-8
Gabriella Rossi, James Walker, Asbjørn Søndergaard, I. Foged, Anke Pasold, Jacob Hilmer
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-03-10DOI: 10.1007/s41693-021-00056-x
Maria Yablonina, Brian Ringley, Giulio Brugnaro, Achim Menges
The Soft Office project was developed in response to the rapidly changing context of commercial architecture, where accommodating fluid programmatic requirements of occupants has become key to sustainable interior space. The project is placed within a broader context of relevant research in architectural robotics, in situ robotic fabrication, and adaptive and reconfigurable architecture. It establishes a methodology for spatial configuration through the implementation of a custom collaborative robotic interior reconfiguration system. Within this system, human users and task-specific robots perform complementary tasks toward a dynamic spatial goal that is defined by a set of evaluative criteria intended to predict successful interior space configurations (Bailey et al. in Humanizing digital reality: design modeling symposium Paris 2017, Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp 337-348, 2018). Venturing beyond robotics as merely a means of construction automation, the presented research deploys an approach that critically engages future models of interaction between humans and robotic architecture, mediated by in situ, architecturally embedded machines. In contrast to a conventional collaborative robotic manufacturing process, where a human worker is executing fabrication and manufacturing tasks according to a pre-designed blueprint, the proposed approach engages the human user as the designer, the worker, and the consumer of the architectural outcome. This gives the occupant the agency to rapidly reconfigure their environment in response to changing programmatic needs as well as the ability to respond ad hoc to outside forces, such as social distancing requirements for the post-quarantine re-occupation of buildings. Furthermore, task-specificity of the presented robotic system allows us to speculate on future roles of designers in the development of architectural fabrication technology beyond the appropriation of existing hardware and to look towards systems that are architecture specific.
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According to the 2016 Mckinsey report, the global construction industry is one of the least productive (The Construction Productivity Imperative, McKinsey Report, 2016), which can be attributed to a minimal implementation of digital and automation technology (Berger Digtization in the Construction industry-Building Europe's road to "Construction 4.0 THINK/ACT-BEYOND MAINSTREAM, 2015). This research argues that this relates to the skill base of construction workers since very few, if any, can operate digital fabrication systems. Here, a digital model is considered foundational knowledge and is used to communicate with a fabrication unit. The difficulty lies in communicating the digital model to the fabrication machine, which arguably requires a level of specialist knowledge. However, history shows that other methods of communicating complex construction information have existed, such as 1:1 on-site drawing, which used to be made by architects or construction workers to communicate complex information related to constructing jigs or building components (The Tracing Floor of York Minster." In Studies in the History of Civil Engineering, 1:81-86. The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals. Routledge, 1997). We propose an alternative where we learn from history and amalgamate that knowledge with a robotic framework. We present the calibration process behind a parametric visual feedback method for robotic fabrication that detects on-object hand-drawn markings and allows us to assign digital information to detected markings. The technique is demonstrated through a 1:2 prototype that is fabricated using an ABB IRB 120 robot arm.
根据麦肯锡 2016 年的报告,全球建筑业是生产力最低的行业之一(《建筑业生产力的当务之急》,麦肯锡报告,2016 年),这可归因于数字化和自动化技术的实施程度极低(Berger Digtization in the Construction Industry-Building Europe's road to "Construction 4.0 THINK/ACT-BEYOND MAINSTREAM, 2015)。本研究认为,这与建筑工人的技能基础有关,因为能够操作数字化制造系统的工人即使有,也是寥寥无几。在这里,数字模型被视为基础知识,用于与制造单元进行交流。困难在于如何将数字模型传递给制造设备,这需要一定的专业知识。不过,历史表明,复杂建筑信息的交流还存在其他方法,例如 1:1 现场绘图,过去建筑师或建筑工人绘制这种图纸,以交流与建造夹具或建筑构件有关的复杂信息(《约克明斯特的描图地板》。见《土木工程史研究》,1:81-86。The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals.Routledge, 1997)。我们提出了一种替代方案,即我们从历史中学习,并将这些知识与机器人框架相结合。我们介绍了用于机器人制造的参数视觉反馈方法背后的校准过程,该方法可检测物体上的手绘标记,并允许我们为检测到的标记分配数字信息。该技术通过使用 ABB IRB 120 机械臂制作的 1:2 原型进行演示。
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Pub Date : 2020-11-30DOI: 10.1007/s41693-020-00046-5
Maria Wyller, M. Yablonina, Martin E. Alvarez, A. Menges
{"title":"Adaptive kinematic textile architecture","authors":"Maria Wyller, M. Yablonina, Martin E. Alvarez, A. Menges","doi":"10.1007/s41693-020-00046-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00046-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72697,"journal":{"name":"Construction robotics","volume":"4 1","pages":"227 - 237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41693-020-00046-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48587954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-19DOI: 10.1007/s41693-020-00042-9
Rushi Dai, E. Kerber, F. Reuter, S. Stumm, S. Brell-Çokcan
{"title":"The digitization of the automated steel construction through the application of microcontrollers and MQTT","authors":"Rushi Dai, E. Kerber, F. Reuter, S. Stumm, S. Brell-Çokcan","doi":"10.1007/s41693-020-00042-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00042-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72697,"journal":{"name":"Construction robotics","volume":"4 1","pages":"251 - 259"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41693-020-00042-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48439134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-12DOI: 10.1007/s41693-020-00043-8
Selen Ercan Jenny, E. Lloret-Fritschi, F. Gramazio, M. Kohler
{"title":"Crafting plaster through continuous mobile robotic fabrication on-site","authors":"Selen Ercan Jenny, E. Lloret-Fritschi, F. Gramazio, M. Kohler","doi":"10.1007/s41693-020-00043-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00043-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72697,"journal":{"name":"Construction robotics","volume":"4 1","pages":"261 - 271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41693-020-00043-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45316962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-06DOI: 10.1007/s41693-020-00044-7
T. Shaked, K. L. Bar-Sinai, A. Sprecher
{"title":"Craft to site","authors":"T. Shaked, K. L. Bar-Sinai, A. Sprecher","doi":"10.1007/s41693-020-00044-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00044-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72697,"journal":{"name":"Construction robotics","volume":"4 1","pages":"141 - 150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41693-020-00044-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43624587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}