Bier H. (ed.) Robotic Building

New York: Springer, 2018. — 236 p.The first volume of the Adaptive Environments series focuses on Robotic Building, which refers to both physically built robotic environments and robotically supported building processes. Physically built robotic environments consist of reconfigurable, adaptive systems incorporating sensor-actuator mechanisms that enable buildings to interact with their users and surroundings in real-time. These require Design-to-Production and Operation chains that are numerically controlled and (partially or completely) robotically driven. From architectured materials, on- and off-site robotic production to robotic building operation augmenting everyday life, the volume examines achievements of the last decades and outlines potential future developments in Robotic Building.
This book offers an overview of the developments within robotics in architecture so far, and explains the future possibilities of this field. The study of interactions between human and non-human agents at building, design, production and operation level will interest readers seeking information on architecture, design-to-robotic-production and design-to-robotic-operation.Visions of Process - Swarm Intelligence and Swarm Robotics in Architectural Design and Construction
Human-Robot Collaboration and Sensor-Based Robots in Industrial Applications and Construction
Emancipating Architecture: From Fixed Systems of Control to Participatory Structures
From Architectured Materials to Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing
Robotic Building as Integration of Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation
Dispositions and Design Patterns for Architectural Robotics
Movement-Based Co-creation of Adaptive Architecture
Designing and Prototyping Adaptive Structures—An Energy-Based Approach Beyond Lightweight Design
A New Look at Robotics in Architecture: Embedding Behavior with Smart Materials