Comments on: Pike Loop by Gramazio & Kohler http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/16/pike-loop-by-gramazio-kohler/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Виктор Денищик http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/16/pike-loop-by-gramazio-kohler/comment-page-1/#comment-828421 Виктор Денищик Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:04:11 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40492#comment-828421 potential is great but i see the approach of the robotic arm to be childishly impractical. I am no mechanical engineer but something tells me that a clip loaded with bricks that simply precisely drops them with maybe 4 push pins to press it down and a "butter knife" robot that applies the adhesive would actually be an applicable concept in brick construction (which in general is outdated and not Green!) potential is great but i see the approach of the robotic arm to be childishly impractical. I am no mechanical engineer but something tells me that a clip loaded with bricks that simply precisely drops them with maybe 4 push pins to press it down and a "butter knife" robot that applies the adhesive would actually be an applicable concept in brick construction (which in general is outdated and not Green!)

]]> By: Phil http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/16/pike-loop-by-gramazio-kohler/comment-page-1/#comment-694951 Phil Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:56:49 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40492#comment-694951 Read about the patent on this a few years ago. However there was a brick road paver invented in the late 1800's, but it didn't catch-on because asphalt came on the scene. Read about the patent on this a few years ago. However there was a brick road paver invented in the late 1800's, but it didn't catch-on because asphalt came on the scene.

]]> By: francisco http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/16/pike-loop-by-gramazio-kohler/comment-page-1/#comment-517068 francisco Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:31:27 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40492#comment-517068 Yah, those Gothic cathedrals were so primitive, and the Baroque buildings... my kid brother could have built them! Finally, robots can show us some truly "unprecedented complexity"! Man, we should send these things to the 3rd world - and solve their housing crisis! The possibiilties are endless... Architects are so smart, sometimes it just blows me away! Yah, those Gothic cathedrals were so primitive, and the Baroque buildings… my kid brother could have built them! Finally, robots can show us some truly "unprecedented complexity"! Man, we should send these things to the 3rd world – and solve their housing crisis! The possibiilties are endless… Architects are so smart, sometimes it just blows me away!

]]> By: elDiego http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/16/pike-loop-by-gramazio-kohler/comment-page-1/#comment-324583 elDiego Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:15:12 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40492#comment-324583 does the robbot also puts mortar in place? or this is just for temporaly shows and not to built structures that would last... does the robbot also puts mortar in place? or this is just for temporaly shows and not to built structures that would last…

]]> By: Andrew Liebchen http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/16/pike-loop-by-gramazio-kohler/comment-page-1/#comment-322151 Andrew Liebchen Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:33:13 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40492#comment-322151 @ HC, et al: Yeah, because it is certainly NOT possible for a human mason to lay a brick wall that is a ruled surface...Unless you're the masons who built the Church of Christ the Worker. http://www.archidose.org/Blog/AE009f.jpg The robot is a cute use of what is now a pretty old (or at least tried and true) assembly system, but it is not doing anything that is impossible. @ HC, et al:

Yeah, because it is certainly NOT possible for a human mason to lay a brick wall that is a ruled surface…Unless you’re the masons who built the Church of Christ the Worker. http://www.archidose.org/Blog/AE009f.jpg

The robot is a cute use of what is now a pretty old (or at least tried and true) assembly system, but it is not doing anything that is impossible.

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