Mentor Areas
- Robotic Fabrication
- Behavior-based robotic programming
- Multi-agent systems
- Additive manufacturing
- Generative design computation
- Building design
Description:
Projects in progress aim to reduce the environmental and economic cost of building whilst expanding qualitative and creative possibilities through the use of design computation and robotic fabrication:
1) Robotically fabricated prototype concrete house: A full-scale house prototype is being developed using state of the art robot fabrication techniques (robot hot-wire cut formwork) to manufacture complex formed cavity concrete. The house will be designed for disassembly (DFD), relocation and re-use.
2) Industrial Robot Additive Manufacturing: Using industrial robot extrusion (clay, plastic, concrete) to develop building construction methods. Research into behavior-based programming, material composition and extrusion hardware.
3) Autonomous Manufacturing: Research into adaptive modes of real-time manufacture using computer vision, machine learning and multi-agent programming.
Preferred Qualifications
Computer programming, mechanical or electrical engineering experience preferred.
Project Website
Learn more about the researcher and/or the project here. The Autonomous Manufacturing Lab
Details:
Preferred Student Year
First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
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Yes
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Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.