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Impact Printed Structures, 2021-2024
Impact printing is a novel robotic building method for constructing full-scale, freeform structures with a custom earth-based material. In contrast to layer-based 3D printing, this robotic construction method is based on controlled, high-velocity deposition. By depositing material at velocities up to 10 meters per second, the process can achieve interlayer bonding between multiple courses. Our low environmental impact earth-based mixture is under development and includes several components: primarily locally sourced secondary material with a low amount of mineral admixture. We have an experimental setup for producing 2-meter tall prototypes in the Robotic Fabrication Laboratory at ETH Zurich, while we plan for integrating the same hardware setup on the HEAP autonomous excavator, developed by the Robotic Systems Lab.

In parallel, we are developing a digital design and construction strategy for realizing these structures utilizing state-of-the-art methods in computational design and sensing to enable a breakthrough at the full building scale. This research will greatly enhance sustainable and mobile robotic construction potentials and combine research and real-scale applications. It will become an unprecedented in-?situ robotic additive manufacturing process and pave the way to radically new approaches and innovation possibilities for the design and manufacturing of earthen structures.

Credits:
Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich

Collaborators:
Dr. Lauren Vasey (project lead), Kunaljit Chadha, Victor Leung, Ananya Kango

In cooperation with:
Chair of Sustainable Construction (CSC), Prof. Guillaume Habert, Dr. Coralie Brumaud, Julie Assunção

Robotic Systems Lab (RSL), Professor Dr. Marco Hutter, Filippo Spinelli, Grzegorz Malczyk, Koen Krämer, Joel Zurmühle

Research programme:ETH Zurich Research Grants, Innosuisse Circular Building Industry (CBI) Innovation Booster, ETH Partnership Council for Sustainable Digital Construction, Innosuisse Additive Manufacturing Innovation Booster, SNSF/ Innosuisse Bridge, NCCR Digital Fabrication (Affiliated project)

Selected Experts: Patric Van der Haegan (Eberhard AG), Prof Michael Wüthrich (ZHAW), Marcel Portmann (ZHAW), Markus Montenegro (RSL), Cedric Waibel (RSL)

Student Contributions: Marcel Portmann (ZHAW), Carl P-Conquilla, Zac Zhuo Zhang (MAS Digital Fabrication), Tobias Elmiger (Master - Robotics, Systems, and Controls), MAS Digital Fabrication: 2023

Support: Michael Lyrenmann, Philippe Fleischmann, Andreas Reusser, Luca Petrus, Jonathan Leu, and Tobias Hartmann (Robotic Fabrication Lab, ETH Zurich)

Industry partner: Eberhard Unternehmungen

Sponsor: WASP Srl

Awards: 3D Pioneers Challenge: 2023, Category: Architecture
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