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View article: Enabling Building Information Model-Driven Human-Robot Collaborative Construction Workflows with Closed-Loop Digital Twins
Enabling Building Information Model-Driven Human-Robot Collaborative Construction Workflows with Closed-Loop Digital Twins Open
The introduction of assistive construction robots can significantly alleviate physical demands on construction workers while enhancing both the productivity and safety of construction projects. Leveraging a Building Information Model (BIM)…
View article: Large-scale Robotic 3D Printing of Plant Fibre and Bioplastic Composites
Large-scale Robotic 3D Printing of Plant Fibre and Bioplastic Composites Open
This paper presents a methodology for the robotic 3D printing of cellulose and wood shavings with bioplastics for applications in architecture, moulds, or furniture design.The material composition consists of plant fibre, binders, solvents…
View article: Long Range Absorption Tests Data
Long Range Absorption Tests Data Open
To test the acoustical behavior of portions of a glass wall, Long Range, elements and configurations were taken to the Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories. Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories™ is accredited by the U.S. Department of Commerce, …
View article: 3D-printable engineered cementitious composites (3DP-ECC): Fresh and hardened properties
3D-printable engineered cementitious composites (3DP-ECC): Fresh and hardened properties Open
3D printing (3DP) is an emerging digital construction method for concrete materials. A major impediment to efficient 3D concrete printing (3DCP) is the need for steel reinforcement, the placement of which is incompatible with the 3DP proce…
View article: Robotic Pellet Extrusion: 3D Printing and Integral Computational Design
Robotic Pellet Extrusion: 3D Printing and Integral Computational Design Open
Three-dimensional (3D) printing offers signifi cant geometric freedom and allows the fabrication of integral parts.This research showcases how robotic-fused deposition modeling (FDM) enables the prefabrication of large-scale, lightweight, …
View article: Extrusion Nozzle Shaping for Improved 3DP of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC)
Extrusion Nozzle Shaping for Improved 3DP of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC) Open
This paper focuses on the development of a nozzle steering and shaping system for concrete 3D printing (3DCP) of Engineered/Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC). The investigation highlights the development of an integrated …
View article: Robotic Needle Felting
Robotic Needle Felting Open
Robotic Needle Felting explores the development of an additive manufacturing technique for nonwoven textiles. Nonwoven textiles, such as felt, can be natural materials (wool), synthetic polymers (polyester), or blends of the two. These tex…
View article: Topological Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Tensile Meshes
Topological Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Tensile Meshes Open
Advances in additive manufacturing have availed the possibility to directly fabricate the results of topological optimization processes, especially those carried out by hard-kill methods such as the BESO process. However, a much less estab…
View article: Public Domesticity - Digital Fabrication and Design-Build in Detroit
Public Domesticity - Digital Fabrication and Design-Build in Detroit Open
[F]orensis is used to interrogate the relation between the two constitutive sites of forensics-namely fields and forums. In forensic terms the division is straightforward; the field is the site of investigation and the forum is the place w…
View article: Topologically Optimized and Functionally Graded Cable Nets. New approaches through robotic additive manufacturing
Topologically Optimized and Functionally Graded Cable Nets. New approaches through robotic additive manufacturing Open
Recent advancements in the realm of additive manufacturing technologies have made it possible to directly manufacture the complex geometries that are resultant from topological optimization and functionally graded material processes.Topolo…
View article: Cyclopean Cannibalism. A method for recycling rubble
Cyclopean Cannibalism. A method for recycling rubble Open
ABSTR ACTEach year, the United States discards 375 million tons of concrete construction debris to landfills (U.S. EPA 2016), but this is a new paradigm.Past civilizations cannibalized their constructions to produce new architectures (Hopk…