Developing Architectural Geometry Through Robotic Assembly and Material Sensing
Advances in robotic fabrication and computational geometry have opened up new possibilities for including robotic assembly and material selection into the loop. We introduce a method for computing and constructing architectural geometry through the negotiation between the design intention and the constraints of assembly and materials. A small scale experimental structure has been modeled and partially built from EPS foam sheets, using an industrial robotic arm to pick, cut and subsequently assemble the components of the structure. To reduce waste, a sensing procedure was developed to generate component based on the form of the found material piece and fit it in the existing structure, similarly to how the Caddisfly Larvae builds its cocoon exclusively with found material. We aim to investigate how the sensor enabled waste control can potentially adjust the form of the assembled structure.