Robots will assemble brick facades of Milan's university science campus
Carlo Ratti Associati is designing a new science campus for the University of Milan, complete with brick facades that will be made by robots. More
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ETH Zurich makes lightweight concrete ceiling using 3D sand-printing
A lightweight concrete ceiling with formwork 3D-printed from sand is among the innovations to feature in an experimental robot-made house built by university ETH Zurich. More
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Robots complete span of 3D-printed bridge for Amsterdam canal
Robots have finished 3D printing the structure of a steel pedestrian bridge devised by technology startup MX3D, which is set to span a canal in Amsterdam. More
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ETH Zurich robots use new digital construction technique to build timber structures
Researchers at ETH Zurich university have pioneered a method of robotic construction, which is being used to create a computer-designed modular house in the city. More
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Students "reinvigorate" traditional bamboo weaving with digital technologies for Sun Room pavilion
Architecture students from the University of Hong Kong created this woven bamboo shelter for farmers in China's Fujian province by combining age-old weaving techniques with digital design methodologies. More
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ETH Zurich unveils plans for robot-built house in Dübendorf
Researchers from Switzerland's ETH Zurich university will use robots and 3D printers to design and build a pioneering three-storey house at a local research and innovation campus. More
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Jenny Sabin stretches robotically woven canopy across MoMA PS1 courtyard
New York-based Jenny Sabin Studio has made a canopy of robotically knitted textile at MoMA PS1 in Queens that sprays mist in the day and glows at night. More
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Robot-made Voxel chair designed using new software by Bartlett researchers
A continuous line of plastic makes up this intricate robot-built chair, designed using a new 3D-printing software by a team from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. More
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Drones and robots weave carbon-fibre pavilion based on moth webs
Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart have used robots and drones to weave this carbon-fibre pavilion, which is based on the silk hammocks spun by moth larvae. More
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Bartlett students propose self-supporting pavilion made from felt
A group of MAarch students from the Bartlett School of Architecture have devised a method of turning felt into load-bearing structures that they hope to build into an fabric pavilion. More
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Luxury penthouse to be installed in Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
A penthouse apartment is being built inside Herzog & de Meuron's recently completed philharmonic hall in Hamburg, at a cost of £6.9 million for an anonymous client. More
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ETH Zurich students create robot-built pavilion with a skin of wooden shingles
This shingled timber pavilion was created by masters students on ETH Zurich's Digital Fabrication course, after developing robotic fabrication techniques to minimise the waste involved in its construction. More
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Bricklaying robots create bulging brick facade for Shanghai arts centre
Chinese studio Archi-Union Architects programmed robots to construct the undulating brick facade of this art gallery in Shanghai's West Bund district. More
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Wall-climbing mini robots build "entirely new structures" from carbon fibre
Graduate shows 2016: University of Stuttgart graduate Maria Yablonina has devised a new method of construction using mini robots that is cheap, fast and can create structures that would otherwise be impossible to build (+ movie). More
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Fabric-cast concrete is the construction method of the future, say designers
Designers Ron Culver and Joseph Sarafian have developed a method of casting concrete in Lycra stretched by robotic arms, which they believe could be used to create radical new architectural forms (+ movie). More
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Robotically fabricated carbon-fibre pavilion opens at the V&A
A robotically woven carbon-fibre pavilion developed by a team from the University of Stuttgart has been erected in the courtyard of London's V&A museum as part of a season of engineering events (+ slideshow). More
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London's AA School taps into robotic construction trend by launching specialist course
London's Architectural Association has released a film showing its first major foray into robotic construction, and has revealed it will this year launch a new course focussed on digital fabrication (+ movie). More
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10 projects paving the way to a future of robot-built architecture
Robots are the future of the construction industry, according to architects including Wolf D Prix and BIG's Kai-Uwe Bergmann. We've rounded up a selection of projects that suggest what the robot-made buildings of the future might look like (+ slideshow). More
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Carbon fibre and robots could create a "fourth industrial revolution" says expert
Carbon fibre is architecture's biggest untapped resource according to architect and researcher Achim Menges, who claims that robots could be programmed to build stadium roofs using the fibrous building material. More
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Robotically fabricated pavilion by University of Stuttgart students is based on sea-urchin shells
Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart employed robots to mould and stitch together this laminated plywood pavilion, which is based on the anatomy of a sea urchin (+ movie). More
