Mobile Robotic Fabrication System for Filament Structures

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Description

The project Mobile Robotic Fabrication System for Filament Structures demonstrates a new production process for filament structures. It proposes multiple semi-autonomous wall-climbing robots to distribute fiber filament, using any horizontal or vertical surface, or even existing architecture, to support the new structures. Compared to larger-scale industrial robots that are limited by position and reach, these robots are enabled with movement systems and a collection of sensors that allow them to travel and interact accurately along typical ground, walls, roofs, and ceilings. One can imagine a fabrication process where an operator arrives to the scene with a suitcase housing all the necessary robots and materials to create a large structure. These agile mobile robotic systems move robotic fabrication processes beyond the constraints of the production hall, exposing vast urban and interior environments as potential fabrication sites.

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ITECH M.Sc. Thesis Project 2015, ICD/ITKE, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Mobile Robotic Fabrication System for Filament Structures

Author and Image Credit

Maria Yablonina

Thesis Advisers

Ehsan Baharlou, Marshall Prado, Tobias Schwinn

Thesis Supervisor

Prof. Achim Menges

Second Supervisor

Prof. Jan Knippers