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Robots in Architecture has moved & KUKA|prc released

To mark the transition of a blog to an open platform for robots in architecture, we have launched www.robotsinarchitecture.org
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We're looking forward to seeing you on our new platform, where you can now download the first public release of KUKA|prc, a custom parametric robot control component for Grasshopper. The video above should help you to get started!
Download KUKA|prc here

Robot Master Class @ Design Modelling Symposium 2011, Berlin

Berlin + Robot = Robotic Graffiti!

Robots in Architecture is on the road again! At the Design Modelling Symposium in Berlin, we held a 2-day robot masterclass that introduced our participants to the KUKA|prc plugin for Grasshopper.
We started out with automatic toolpath generation for robotic writing, but quickly moved on to multi-axis spraypainting on the host university’s white walls – it’s Berlin, after all!
Using an Arduino board, the KUKA robot interfaced with the spraygun, allowing designs that consist of multiple strokes.

We want to thank the participants of our master class, the organizers of the symposium and the workshop host UdK Berlin!

We are currently at the ACADIA conference in Canada and will post some of the workshop material once we’re back home.

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Parametric Robot Control Workshop @ CAAD Futures 2011

On July 5th Robots in Architecture held a one-day-only robot workshop at the CAAD Futures 2011 conference. We really had to compress many topics into a single day...with a long lunch break! Fortunately, we had really enthusiastic participants (Thank you Aurelie, Chengyu, Daniel, Dermott, Emmanouil, Juan Manuel, Pankaja, Peter, Rivka, and Sebastian!) and had a great time going from parametric design to direct robotic fabrication in just a few hours.

For the design of parametric shading panels we prepared aluminium sheets for each participant and then used our KUKA robot to parametrically punch the individual patterns into the material - while this may sound simple, many factors such as toolpath layout, reachability, geometry, design and kinematics had to be considered.

We've uploaded the workshop material and prepared a short video of the workshop that also showcases the capabilities of our upcoming KUKA|prc component for Grasshopper - enjoy!

DOWNLOAD WORKSHOP MATERIAL

Our next stops are:

Master Class

Design Modelling Symposium 2011

08.10.-12.10. | Berlin

Paper Presentation

ACADIA Conference 2011

11.10.-16.10. | Calgary

We want to thank our workshop participants, our hosts at Lucid ULg Liège and KUKA CEE for making this workshop possible!

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Robots in Architecture @ ACADIA 2011

We'll be presenting something really exciting at this year's ACADIA conference in Calgary/Canada. The uploaded sneak peak should be able to give you a hint what's coming up! :)

Hopefully we'll meet many of you fellow robot-handlers there!

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KUKA KR5 SIXX R650 on the road

We would like to welcome the newest member of robots in architecture, the "small but speedy" KUKA KR5 SIXX R650 robot Marvin.

Marvin will help us to demonstrate robot control via parametric design on the road.

If you want too see Marvin in action and have your personal robot experience, attend one of our workshops this summer:

Workshop @ CAAD Futures 2011, July 5th - Liege, Belgium

Master Class @ Design Modelling Symposium 2011, October 8th & 9th - Berlin, Germany

Marvin can also come to YOU - contact marvin@robotsinarchitecture.com for details!

Kindly supported by KUKA Austria

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[E]motion in Architecture: Exhibition Opening

Tomorrow is going to be the opening of our exhibition [E]motion in Architecture at the Künstlerhaus, Salzburg.
We'll be showing projects designed via advanced parametric modelling tools that were produced using CNC machines such as lasercutters, 3D printers, wirecutters, milling machines and of course our KUKA robot. The exhibition room will close with the symposium "Materialising Digital Design" on April 4th - we have invited some very special international guests as speakers, more information will follow.

Curated by Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, Dörte Kuhlmann, Kristina Schinegger
Kindly supported by the Faculty of Architecture, StepFour, JAF, Steinbacher, Amann, Nuntio and Nebel KG.



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