Variable Carving Volume Casting

Clifford, Brandon; Ekmekjian, Nazareth; Little, Patrick; Manto, Andrew

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04663-1_1

Cited by 12 publications

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“…While engineering problems are often well-defined and have clear objectives to optimize towards, design questions are usually open-ended and require different approaches to resolve. For instance, in order to increase the design variety and expressiveness, designers usually prefer a forward design process where they can apply modifications interactively, based on simulated or even fabricated results-and typically do not settle for rigid objectives before a final result is deemed adequate [Clifford et al 2014;Schwartz and Prasad 2013]. Interactive approaches are employed to enlarge the variety of the resulting appearance through specifically designed rapid-prototyping systems.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

RobotSculptor: Artist-Directed Robotic Sculpting of Clay

Duenser

Schumacher

et al. 2020

Symposium on Computational Fabrication

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We present an interactive design system that allows users to create sculpting styles and fabricate clay models using a standard 6-axis robot arm. Given a general mesh as input, the user iteratively selects sub-areas of the mesh through decomposition and embeds the design expression into an initial set of toolpaths by modifying key parameters that affect the visual appearance of the sculpted surface finish. These parameters were identified and extracted through a series of design experiments, using a customized loop tool to cut the water-based clay material. The initialized toolpaths are fed into the optimization component of our system afterwards for optimal path planning, aiming to find the robotic sculpting motions that match the target surface, maintaining the design expression, and resolving collisions and reachability issues. We demonstrate the versatility of our approach by designing and fabricating different sculpting styles over a wide range of clay models.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

RobotSculptor: Artist-Directed Robotic Sculpting of Clay

Duenser

Schumacher

et al. 2020

Symposium on Computational Fabrication

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“…With wire-based elements, common applications include the use of hot wire to achieve robotic production of doubly-curved molds using expanded polystyrene, (Søndergaard 2016) or the use of wire cutter to create finished structural elements, such as complexly shaped joints or slab elements (Weir et al 2016;McGee, et al 2012). Similarly, knife-based non-kerf cutting operations have also included techniques that could be applied to various materials to achieve a number of functional products including carving of extruded polystyrene foam to achieve complex volumetric molds (Clifford et al 2014). .…”

Section: Subtractive Manufacturing In Robotics Fabricationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Robotic Sand Carving - Machining Techniques Derived from a Traditional Balinese Craft

Kalo¹,

Tracy²,

Tam³

2020

CAADRIA Proceedings

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“…These events and publications typically circulate work by a community of university-based researchers and cover a wide spectrum including, for example, the fabrication of lightweight high-performance structures, 23 variable part production, 24 and graphic user interfaces. 25 Works within this space have usefully explored the aesthetic and tectonic capacities of robotic fabrication by enhancing robot arms with custom effectors enabling, for example, additive, 26,27 subtractive, 28 hybrid, 29 and thermo-forming 30,31 manufacturing methods.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Assisted automation: Three learning experiences in architectural robotics

Llach

Bidgoli

Darbari

2017

International Journal of Architectural Computing

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Fueled by long-standing dreams of both material efficiency and aesthetic liberation, robots have become part of mainstream architectural discourses, raising the question: How may we nurture an ethos of visual, tactile, and spatial exploration in technologies that epitomize the legacies of industrial automation-for example, the pursuit of managerial efficiency, control, and an ever-finer subdivision of labor? Reviewing and extending a growing body of research on architectural robotics pedagogy, and bridging a constructionist tradition of design education with recent studies of science and technology, this article offers both a conceptual framework and concrete strategies to incorporate robots into architectural design education in ways that foster a spirit of exploration and discovery, which is key to learning creative design. Through reflective accounts of three learning experiences, we introduce the notions "assisted automation" and "robotic embodiment" as devices to enrich current approaches to robot-human design, highlighting situated and embodied aspects of designing with robotic machines.

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Variable Carving Volume Casting

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

RobotSculptor: Artist-Directed Robotic Sculpting of Clay

RobotSculptor: Artist-Directed Robotic Sculpting of Clay

Robotic Sand Carving - Machining Techniques Derived from a Traditional Balinese Craft

Assisted automation: Three learning experiences in architectural robotics

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