Robotic Landscapes: Designing Formation Processes for Large Scale Autonomous Earth Moving

Hurkxkens, Ilmar; Mirjan, Ammar; Gramazio, Fabio; Köhler, Mathias; Girot, Christophe

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29829-6_6

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“…Instead of using conventional engineering methods to address the problem of extreme erosion in coastal environments caused by storm surges, the paper integrates robotic and natural processes into continuous maintenance strategies for dynamic coastal defense structures that concentrate on local material changes and bathymetry modification. This procedure uses erosion and sedimentation's potential for forming landforms while minimizing the mechanical intervention necessary to accomplish coastal remediation goals (Hurkxkens, Pigram, & Melsom, 2021). Although the existing research on landscape robotics provides noteworthy developments, they are limited in quantity.…”

Section: Robotic Fabrication In Landscape Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

SIGraDi 2022. Critical Appropriations

Z.¹

2023

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SIGraDi 2022. Critical Appropriations es la XXVI Conferencia Internacional de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital, organizada por la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) y SIGraDi. Este volumen contiene los artículos seleccionados por el comité científico de SIGraDi, los cuales fueron presentados en línea entre el 9 y 11 de noviembre de 2022, además, a partir de estos trabajos se desarrollaron10 talleres y un taller para doctorandos. SIGraDi 2022. Apropiaciones Críticas se organizó en 7 tópicos y 30 subtópicos, como culturas de la programación, robótica y fabricación digital, BIM, diseño bio inspirado, educación digital. Una publicación de difusión e intercambio de ideas sobre Arquitectura, Diseño, Arte y disciplinas asociadas.

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Section: Robotic Fabrication In Landscape Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

SIGraDi 2022. Critical Appropriations

Z.¹

2023

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“…It relies on casting, spraying, or extruding concrete on a mechanically or robotically shaped reusable granular substrate, such as earth, sand, or gravel. [22][23][24] CNC folding of thin sheet materials has been successfully used to produce minimal plastic formworks. 25 Another formative process, Mesh Mold, produces a functional stay-in-place formwork by robotically bending, cutting, and welding steel reinforcement rods on-site.…”

Section: Digital Formworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

3D Printed Formwork for Concrete: State-of-the-Art, Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications

Jipa

Dillenburger

2022

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing

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Concrete is the most used human-made material in the world, and it is responsible for around 8% of the total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Hence, efficient concrete construction methods are one of the main foci of research in architecture, civil engineering, and material science. One recent development that promises to achieve this goal is the use of digital fabrication for building components. Most investigations focus on direct extrusion 3D printing with concrete, which has already been covered in several review articles. Conversely, this article reviews a different approach, which focuses on the indirect digital fabrication of concrete through 3D printed formworks. This approach is under investigation for structural and nonstructural, as well as for onand off-site applications, with a number of projects having already been built, but a comprehensive review of 3D printed formworks has not yet been compiled to synthesize the findings. This article provides a comprehensive map of the state-of-the-art of five different 3D printing technologies used for the fabrication of formworks so far. The aim is to serve as a fundamental reference for future research, provide a basis for consistent language in this field, and support the development of construction standards. The article further discusses the new geometric possibilities with 3D printed formworks and their potential for making concrete construction more sustainable. In addition, the opportunities and challenges of 3D printed formworks are evaluated in the context of other traditional and digital fabrication tools. A synthetic classification in five functional typologies is proposed and illustrated with 30 representative case studies. Finally, the article concludes with a brief reflection on the role of 3D printing in the broader context of formwork innovation and a possible outlook for this technology.

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“…These works include various forms of soil manipulation, such as shifting, leveling, and piling towards construction (Peurifoy et al 2018). Current research on large-scale robotic fabrication explores autonomous excavation and landscape manipulation (Hurkxkens et al 2020). Among the on-site preparatory earthworks is the sorting of aggregates.…”

Section: State Of the Art Robotic Earthworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shepherd

Shaked,

Degani

2021

ACADIA Proceedings

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Recent advancements in robotics empower the exploration of remote construction methods aimed at reducing the risk for workers. As the global pandemic places construction workers and their communities at high risk for disease, the need for remote construction methods increases. Such methods depend on the complicated task of controlling mobile robotic platforms in real-time. In this context, this paper presents workin-progress in development and experimentation with a tool for collaborative earthworks using multi-agent unmanned ground vehicles.Expanding the fi eld of collective robotic construction, this research simplifi es the use of mobile robots and enables their operation using a design platform. Shepherd, a fabrication-oriented tool for simulation and control of mobile robotic platforms is presented, and its capacities are demonstrated in an earthworks case study. The case study exemplifi es the potential of this approach to change the role of design tools in the operation and adoption of mobile multi-robotic platforms, thus contributing to robotic fabrication in architecture, landscape architecture, and construction.

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Robotic Landscapes: Designing Formation Processes for Large Scale Autonomous Earth Moving

Cited by 10 publications

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SIGraDi 2022. Critical Appropriations

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3D Printed Formwork for Concrete: State-of-the-Art, Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications

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