Robotic Milling - Laminated Timber

Описание: This video summarises the content of ARCH8011, focusing on the MATERIAL AGENCIES: ROBOTICS & DESIGN LAB at the University of Pennsylvania, where I served as a teaching assistant. The studio is led by Alicia Nahmad, an associate professor at the University of Calgary.

The studio emphasizes design from a wood-centered perspective, specifically exploring Functionally Graded Timber Structures. Students reassessed the properties of wood in relation to digital fabrication tools and machines, enabling mass customization at a higher level of resolution, including the inner composition of laminates. The aim was to engage with advanced digital timber manufacturing in a tangible and innovative way by developing a toolkit that integrates tectonics, material properties, and constructability as parameters of the robotic fabrication process.

We explored robot behavior and fabrication sequences, which included considerations of parts, interfaces, joinery, and all the processes required to transition from raw material to finished product, taking into account both human and machine tasks. Additionally, students developed speculations on machinic setups for wood processing. They also engaged with 5-axis robotic milling operations, considering multiple materials with different properties and adjusting corresponding tool speeds and settings accordingly.

Overall, it was a wonderful experience for both the students and me as we explored timber construction and robotic fabrication methods.

Program: @weitzman_msdras
Instructor: @ali_nv
TA: @mahsamasalegoo, Jean-Nicolas Dackiw, Soroush Garavani
Lab Managers: @nsid_, Shunta

Students (ordered by their work):

@8192rz
@qingyang_xx
@beikel_jrn
@burcugocen

@carinajoseph
@david831128
@frxddxrl
@huiiyyag

@fitrat.ali.jamali
@geegejing_yi
@lucyyy_yz
@kristynack

@congrui.g
@daxler_zou
@jiaming_li99
@shea_zzzzz

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