High-low tech assembly
Date
Oct 2015 – Dec 2015
Context
Final project for (Re)fabricating Tectonic Prototypes, Prof. Leire Asensio Villoria, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Technologies
3-axis flip milled foam board assembled with a KUKA KR10
Authors
Inés Ariza, Merav Gazit
Acknowledgements
Fabrication support by Justin Lavallee and Christopher B. Dewart
This project introduces a method for robotic assembly that enables the construction of double-curved self-supporting structures using a high-low tech approach.
The intelligence of the system lies in two main aspects: a subdivision technique that incorporates the robot’s constraints as well as the structural equilibrium of the structure during each step of assembly, in order to omit the use of scaffolding; and a match between geometric information and the robot’s movements in a robot programming environment.
As a proof of concept, we fabricated a portion of a full-scale double-curved structure. The structure was assembled without scaffolding by a portable KUKA KR10 on a randomly picked site.
