We are looking to add a new member to our interdisciplinary team. If you have completed a masters degree in mechanical/electrical engineering or similar and are interested in creating the first generation of construction robots this might be for you.
You can find the complete German job description on the RWTH Jobs page and as PDF here. We look forward to hearing from you!
Come visit us at the Aachener Werkzeugmaschinen Kolloquium. As part of the exhibition on Agile Assembly we are showcasing IDAA (Interactive Dynamically Assisted Assembly) over the coming two day.
We look forward to seeing you at the Prodcution Engineering Cluster and letting you experience the potential of haptic programmming first hand.
Our warmest congratulations go out to Viktoria Falk and Lukas Mahlendorf!
The two were awarded a special commendation by the Stiftung Deutscher Architekten for their master thesis Kinetic Weaving. Their work was supervised by Prof. Brell-Cokcan and Prof. Hildebrandt. It was exhibited at the Robodonien Festival, ars electronica and the Best of Masters at the Architecture Faculty.
Here are a few snippets from our workshop at the AEC HACKATHON 2017.
Prof. Sigrid Brell-Cokcan and Prof. Johannes Braumann (Founders of Robots in Architecture) presented the keynote lecture on the state-of-the-art robotic technology used in on-site construction. The talk addressed the rise and development of computational and fabrications techniques used by contemporary practice-based architects, designers, educators, students and workshop participants. The talk exhibited various products developed and in development for the betterment of future construction practices which have evolved through the collaboration between the chair for Individualized Production in Architecture and today’s construction industry mavericks.
Individualized Production in Architecture team, consisting of Sven Stumm and Pradeep Devadass also conducted a workshop which explored dual fabrication process on a single platform: additive and subtractive manufacturing which can be translated for large scale construction. The process was split into two stages. First, creating ruled surfaces from robotic hotwire cutting of foam. Second, 3d printing of clay on the ruled surface. The geometry to be 3d printed was projected on the ruled surface, forming a distorted intricate geometry, thereby pushing the limits of complexity. This workshop allowed the participants to integrate their ideas and play around with the number of robotics tools and systems. The workshop was demonstrated on a newly developed KUKPRC plugin on the Dynamo (Autodesk) platform by Robots in Architecture, Vienna.
Sven Stumm later presented during the course of the workshop on cloud robotics by showcasing projects developed and conducted at the chair for Indiviudalized Production in Architecture. The highlight of the talk included real-time control and haptic programming of robots using the Autodesk forge platform
The Construction Robotics topic group will be holding a workshop at this years European Robotics Forum in Edinburgh.
Over the last decade robotics has captured the minds of engineers, investors, and developers. With our society facing a manifold of challenges through demographic changes, growing health care costs, massive overruns in construction projects and concerns regarding build quality robotics has become the key to the future of our built environment.
As industrial robots became accessible intuitive tools for the creative industry also architects have begun returning to their technophile routes. Now the ongoing technical advances are putting large scale and on-site construction robotics and robotic facility management of the built environment and infrastructure even space colonization in our reach.
The young euRobotics topic group for Construction Robotics is organising this workshop as a panel discussion to give interested stakeholders an overview of the state of the art and create insights into the needs and next, critical steps for this new domain.
Six panelists from various backgrounds ranging from politics, end-users, education and research will discuss the hotspots within the construction sector that are most relevant for potential robotic solutions, to identify the main obstacles (technological, legal) and required consolidations/adaptation/specialisation/combination in the relevant technologies and for this new domain. The panel discussion will merge into an open round table with the audience.
As the Construction Robotics Topic Group is engaged in the preparation of the European Robotics Roadmap, the outcome of the workshop will provide further input for the roadmap.
Panelists in conversation with Prof. Sigrid Brell-Cokcan Director for Individualized Production in Architecture RWTH Aachen University/ President of the Association for Robots in Architecture and Prof. Andreas Müller Head of the Institute of Robotics Johannes Kepler University Linz/ Austria:
Participants are asked to prepare points on where they see 1) the need, 2) the obstacles, 3) the potential technological/legal/policy issues, and 4) short and medium term solutions for construction robotics
For the full programme and further information please visit the ERF homepage.