This week I am going to discuss this innovative breathtaking project done by Gramazio & Kohler, global referents at robotic fabrication.
They have done a lot of research with industrial robots, which is an emergent market and many universities are introducing them into their research areas. Here at CMU, we have 2 ABB robots living in dFAB, SoA.
However, Gramazio and Kohler went a step further in what robotic fabrication means. Using drones, they assembled a whole structural towers with no analog means. Everything, from the first brick to the last one, was laid by drones.
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Flight Assembled Architecture is the first architectural installation assembled by flying robots, free from the touch of human hands. The work consists of over 1500 modules which are placed by a multitude of drones, collaborating according to mathematical algorithms that translate digital design data to the behaviour of the flying machines.
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This system acts as a living architectural machines, completing the composition from their dynamic formation of movement and building performance.
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Link to the project and video below: