Recently the University of Michigan Taubman School of Architecture set forth a design competition to re-imagine the current faculty library and research space. Set within a confined space with three light sources, a parametric model was created which divided the space based on programmatic content and divided it further horizontally to create planar surfaces for […]

Tests 02 + 03 of the sprayed polyurethane foam structure. In these tests we were testing several parameters/variables between the digital model, kuka robotic language, and the physical manifestation. In the third test we have added a control to the actuator adding noticeable differences, and have further continued to test this variable, standoff distance and […]

Video from initial spray foam test using the KUKA 7-axis robot. At this moment we were testing the foams ability to adhere to vertical surfaces, also checking for any deflection occurring within a two foot cantilever –the test sample showed no signs of deflection. A second testing this week will look at the foams ability […]

Radiolarian inspired design from Shiro-Studio using d-Shapes full-scale rapid prototyping technology.

Fiberglass spraying using 6-axis Kuka robotic arm.

For this semester’s ‘Robotic Fabrication in Architecture’ course our team will be exploring foam contour crafting techniques using Tcaup’s KUKA 6-axis industrial mill. Precedents for this technique have been under development since last fall, however similar processes used in concrete contour crafting have been explored for the past couple of years, most notably in the […]

6-axis robotic milling of log at Taubman School of Architecture at the University of Michigan.

Comprised of a range of 12-tetrahedral modules, each module aggregated onto the surface of the pavillion has the ability to scale itself to one half of its origional size through a system of struts and actuators. At the midpoint of the vertices, the struts collapse and are able to scale towards the centerpoint at which […]