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AIXD: AI-eXtended Design
AI-Augmented Architectural Design
AR Timber Assemblies
Architectural Design with Conditional Autoencoders
Integrated 3D Printed Facade
Think Earth SP7
2023
Robotic Plaster Spraying
Additive Manufactured Facade
Human-Machine Collaboration
2022
Timber Assembly with Distributed Architectural Robotics
Eggshell Benches
Eggshell
CantiBox
Autonomous Dry Stone
RIBB3D
Data Driven Acoustic Design
2021
Mesh Mould Prefabrication
Data Science Enabled Acoustic Design
2020
Thin Folded Concrete Structures
FrameForm
Adaptive Detailing
Deep Timber
Robotic Fabrication Simulation for Spatial Structures
Jammed Architectural Structures
RobotSculptor
2019
Digital Ceramics
2018
On-site Robotic Construction
Mesh Mould Metal
Smart Dynamic Casting and Prefabrication
Spatial Timber Assemblies
Robotic Lightweight Structures
2017
Mesh Mould and In situ Fabricator
Complex Timber Structures
2016
Spatial Wire Cutting
Robotic Integral Attachment
Mobile Robotic Tiling
2015
YOUR Software Environment
Aerial Construction
Smart Dynamic Casting
Topology Optimization
2014
Mesh Mould
Acoustic Bricks
2013
TailorCrete
2012
BrickDesign
Echord
2010
FlexBrick
2009
Additive processes
2008
Room acoustics


Mesh Mould Metal, ETH Zurich, 2015-2018
The research project Mesh Mould investigates the unification of reinforcement and formwork into a single robotically fabricated material system. During the first research phase a spatial robotic extrusion process was developed, allowing the examination of the relationship between mesh typology and rheological behavior of concrete (Mesh Mould). The second research phase at the National Competence Centre in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication focuses on the translation of the structurally insufficient polymer-based extrusion process into a fully load-bearing construction system. The current research is dedicated to the development of a fully automated bending and welding process for meshes fabricated from 6 mm steel rebar. The research involves the development of a fabrication-, and structurally-informed mesh typology as well as the subsequent collaborative development of a specialized robotic end-effector together with the Agile & Dexterous Robotics Lab of Professor Jonas Buchli.

See as well:
Mesh Mould
Mesh Mould and In situ Fabricator
DFAB HOUSE

Credits:
Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich

Research programme: NCCR Digital Fabrication
Collaborators: Norman Hack (project lead), Dr. Nitish Kumar, Kathrin Dörfler, Alexander Nikolas Walzer, Maximilian Seiferlein, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcon, Julio Alonso Lopez, Dr. Tim Wangler, Manuel Lussi, Lukas Stadelmann, Lex Reiter, Hannes Heller, Michael Lyrenmann, Heinz Richner, Philippe Fleischmann, Andreas Reusser
Selected experts: Agile & Dexterous Robotics Lab (Prof. Dr. Jonas Buchli), Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich
Physical Chemistry of Building Materials group (Prof. Dr. Robert J. Flatt),
Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich
Concrete Structures and Bridge Design (Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann)
Institute for Structural Engineering, ETH Zurich

Industry partner: Sika Technology AG, NOE Formwork, Schlatter Industries AG

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