Robotic Fabrication of Bespoke Timber Frame Modules

Andreas Thoma; Arash Adel; Matthias Helmreich; Thomas Wehrle; Fabio Gramazio; Matthias Kohler

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_34

Robotic Fabrication of Bespoke Timber Frame Modules

Andreas Thoma, Arash Adel, Matthias Helmreich, Thomas Wehrle, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler

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Abstract

This paper presents methods and techniques to robotically prefab-ricate timber frame modules. The key challenge of this research lies in enabling the digitally informed and fabricated spatial assembly of timber beams into prefabricated timber frame modules. The project combines the fabrication and the spatial assembly of timber beams into one fully integrated robotic fabrication process. A cooperative robotic construction procedure that minimises the need for scaffolding and allows for the informed assembly of spatial structures with non-planar geometries was developed. This required the examination of suitable timber joining methods, assembly sequencing, as well developing appropriate and novel strategies to register and handle material deviations and construction tolerances. The physical implementation of the research in multiple experiments and finally, a full-scale building project validates the approach.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018
Subtitle of host publication	Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	448-459
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319922942
ISBN (Print)	9783319922935
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_34
State	Published - Jan 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

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General Computer Science
General Engineering

Keywords

Additive construction In place milling
Building scale
Computational design Timber bar structures
Cooperative robotic assembly
Prefabrication
Timber frame modules

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Thoma, A., Adel, A., Helmreich, M., Wehrle, T., Gramazio, F., & Kohler, M. (2018). Robotic Fabrication of Bespoke Timber Frame Modules. In Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture (pp. 448-459). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_34

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Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture. Springer International Publishing, 2018. p. 448-459.

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