Rob!Arch 2012 : robotic fabrication in architecture, art and design ; [proceedings of the first International Conference on Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art, and design, ROB!Arch

This volume collects about 20 contributions on the topic of robotic construction methods. It is a proceedings volume of the robarch2012 symposium and workshop, which will take place in December 2012 in Vienna. Contributions will explore the current status quo in industry, science and practitioners. The symposium will be held as a biennial event. This book is to be the first of the series, comprising the current status of robotics in architecture, art and design. Cover 1 Copyright Page 3 Title Page 4 Table of Contents 5 Introduction 9 Digital by Material 13 Envisioning an extended performative materiality in the digital age of architecture 13 Morphospaces of Robotic Fabrication 29 From theoretical morphology to design computation and digital fabrication in architecture 29 Robotically Fabricated Wood Plate Morphologies 49 Robotic prefabrication of a biomimetic, geometrically differentiated, lightweight, finger joint timber plate structure 49 Processes for an Architecture of Volume 63 Robotic wire cutting 63 Augmented Fabrications 73 A new control model for synchronous robotics 73 Interlacing 83 An experimental approach to integrating digital and physical design methods 83 HAL 93 Extension of a visual programming language to support teaching and research on robotics applied to construction 93 BrickDesign 103 A software for planning robotically controlled non-standard brick assemblies 103 Mill to Fit 111 The Robarch 111 Design Robotics 119 Towards strategic design experiments 119 Fabricating the Steel Bull of Spielberg 132 Morphfaux 140 Recovering architectural plaster by developing custom robotic tools 140 Protocols, Pathways, and Production 144 From Digital Design to Automated Production 150 Complex-shaped concrete sub-constructions with steel reinforcement 150 Robot Assisted Asymmetric Incremental Sheet Forming 156 Surface quality and path planning 156 CNSILK 162 Spider-silk inspired robotic fabrication of woven habitats 162 Rhino2krl 168 A simple CAD to robot interface for fast process prototyping 168 Robotic Fabrication for Düzce Teknopark 174 Streamlining fabrication through versatile machines 174 Free Molding Technology 176 Outside Itself 182 Interactive installation assembled by robotic machines untouched by human hands 182 Geometry Optimization 185 Realization of fluid-form structure composed of spherical components, fabricated by means of computer software and robotic arms 185 Robotic Pouring of Aggregate Structures 197 Responsive motion planning strategies for online robot control of granular pouring processes with synthetic macro-scale particles 197 Magnetic Architecture 207 Generative design through sensoric robots 207 Automating Eclipsis 215 Automated robotic fabrication of custom optimized metal façade s y stems 215 Irregular Substrate Tiling 223 The robotic poché 223 RoboSculpt 231 Unique molds for design with minimal waste 231 The Framed Pavilion 239 Modeling and producing complex systems in architectural education 239 Augmented Reality and the Fabrication of Gestural Form 249 Robotic Immaterial Fabrication 257 KUKA: Innovations in Industrial Robotics 268 splineTEX 276 Architectural composite materials 276 Industrial Robots in Architecture 280 Trends and innovations from ABB 280 Revolution in Steel Beam Fabrication 284 21st Century Art: The Marriage of Inspiration and Innovation 288 Robots evolve to become the artist ́s high-performance tool 288 Modular Robotics 294 From individual modules to complex robotic structures 294 New Perspectives for Architecture and Design 298 Fabrication using robotic machining centers 298 Parametric Robot Control without CAD/CAM 302 Dynamically generated parametric robot commands for the fabrication of pneumatic cylinders 302 A Custom Robotic Trimmer for Modern Timber Constructions 306 Rapid On-site Fabrication of customized Freeform Metal cladding Panels 310 Robotic devices in shipping containers shifting from research to state-of-the-art 310 List of Contributors 317 Includes Essays By Gsd Contributors Martin Bechthold And Nathan King. Sigrid Brell-cokcan, Johannes Braumann (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References.