Complex Design by Simple Robots: A Collective Embodied Intelligence Approach to Construction

Kirstin Petersen; Radhika Nagpal

doi:10.1002/ad.2194

Complex Design by Simple Robots: A Collective Embodied Intelligence Approach to Construction

Kirstin Petersen, Radhika Nagpal

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Nature's builders – from termites to beavers – offer a model of collective intelligence that can inspire robotic construction. Kirstin Petersen, Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and Radhika Nagpal, Professor in Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, describe several recent projects in this field that they have been involved in, both separately and collaboratively.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	44-49
Number of pages	6
Journal	Architectural Design
Volume	87
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.2194
State	Published - Jul 2017

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Architecture
Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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Amorphous Ramp Construction project
Cambridge
David Andreén
Gothenburg
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Kilobots project
Massachusetts
Nils Napp
Petra Jennings
Smart Geometry Workshop
Swarmbot Assemblages
Termes project

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