Experiments in Additive Clay Depositions

Friedman, Jared; Kim, Heamin; Mesa, Olga

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04663-1_18

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“…Clay printing and plastic FDM (fused deposition modeling) 3D printing share the same characteristics, since both offer construction through layer deposition. However, rather than focusing on printing accuracy and the resolution of the final product, robotic deposition can explore the potential functionality embedded with the layer structure [45]. The surface texture produced by both the laminated printing method and the matte texture of the clay provides a large amount of surface area with diffuse reflection on the finished product.…”

Section: Robotic Clay Printingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Didactic Pedagogical Approach toward Sustainable Architectural Education through Robotic Tectonics

Shi

Fang

Chen³

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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Robotic tectonics have been integrated into the architectural profession through automated construction for more than a decade, advancing sustainability initiatives in the industry and increasing the quality of building construction. Over the years, avant-garde architects have explored the feasibility of this new design paradigm through the integration of newly-developed digital design software into automated construction. This robotic digital workflow continues to push designers to re-think the complete architecture process (from design conception to physical construction) and guides the building industry towards more precise, efficient, and sustainable development. However, in the current environment of architectural education, professional courses can be fragmented, thematic, and overly academic. Such content is not inherently compatible with the latest technological developments. The lack of understanding and application of digital technological can subsequently lead to the lack of sustainable development in architectural education. In this paper, we aim to introduce a new didactic pedagogical approach that is reliant on the principles of robotic tectonics and is defined through linear development in four distinct, developmental stages (based on information gleaned from four “Robotic Tectonics” workshops and various other rich teaching practices). This pedagogical framework provides interdisciplinary knowledge to architecture students and enables them to use advanced digital tools such as robots for automated construction, laying the groundwork for the discovery of new and complex building processes that will redefine architecture in the near future.

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Section: Robotic Clay Printingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Didactic Pedagogical Approach toward Sustainable Architectural Education through Robotic Tectonics

Shi

Fang

Chen³

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…"Woven Clay" project by Friedman (2014), "Clay Nonwoven" project by Rosenwasser (2017), "Robo Sense 2.0" project by Bilotti (2018), and panels designed by Emerging Objects as part of the projects "Seed Stitches" ( 2016) and "G-Code clay" ( 2016) are some examples of 2D panels attached on a structure to cover the façade of a building. "Cool Brick" by Emerging Objects (2015), "Guiding Instabilities" (Shi, Cho, Taylor, & Corre, 2019) and "Ceramic Components" (Anton & Abdelmahgoub, 2018) projects are among the projects where the aim is to design self-standing and self-supporting architectural structures by 3D printing clay.…”

Section: Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Robotic Sketching: A Study on Robotic Clay 3D Printing

Farrokhsiar¹,

Gürsoy²

2020

Blucher Design Proceedings

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Digital fabrication tools are typically employed to materialize a fixed design. Design limits the choice of material; Natural material behavior may consider as flaws in the fabrication. What if these tools and material behaviors being used as sketching tools to generate new design ideas? In this paper, we present a workflow in which digital fabrication tools, specifically robotic arms, are used as sketching tools. It is called robotic sketching; The goal is to sketch with effects of fabrication settings on emerging behaviors of materials in first steps of design. We exemplify this workflow with a case on robotic clay 3D printing.

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“…These applications typically employ a customized tool attached to a common 3-axis CNC machine [Nan et al 2016] or a 6-axis industrial robot arm [Bechthold 2016] and manufacture artefacts through additive, subtractive, or formative processes. Additive processes usually deposits clay either in layers to create sealed surface geometries, or in a woven style [Friedman et al 2014;Rosenwasser et al 2017] to create patterns. Deposition processes start either from a non-planar base geometry [Dunn et al 2016;Ko et al 2019] or a planar base that is gradually transformed to a non-horizontal fabrication plane [Bhooshan et al 2019;Trilsbeck et al 2019].…”

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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Experiments in Additive Clay Depositions

Cited by 25 publications

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A Didactic Pedagogical Approach toward Sustainable Architectural Education through Robotic Tectonics

A Didactic Pedagogical Approach toward Sustainable Architectural Education through Robotic Tectonics

Robotic Sketching: A Study on Robotic Clay 3D Printing

RobotSculptor: Artist-Directed Robotic Sculpting of Clay

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