Video demonstrates robotics at ASAU
September 18, 2024
A short video, co-produced by researchers at the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism (ASAU), shows the school’s two collaborative robots — Thelma and Louise — demonstrating how architects use robots to turn design into reality.
The one-minute-26-second video was recently released on the ABB Robotics LinkedIn page. See it here.
It flows from work by the research group at ASAU’s Carleton Sensory Architecture and Liminal Technologies Laboratory (CSALT), directed by Associate Professor Sheryl Boyle.
The CSALT team has been collaborating with the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication in Switzerland at ETH Zürich. Specifically, they are working with Philippe Fleischmann, head of Industrial Robotics and Automation at the centre’s Robotic Fabrication Laboratory.
Together, the collaborators worked with ABB Robotics to create a video about how architects can use robotics in design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA).
The video chronicles the school’s two cobots using COMPAS_RRC, the software package developed at ETH. They demonstrate the potential of robotics workflows in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry and as part of DfMA.
“This integration of robotics and design at Carleton University democratizes complex processes, enabling architects to bring their visionary projects to life with unprecedented efficiency and accuracy,” says the ABB Robotics LinkedIn post.
“With ABB GoFa cobots, architects can test and refine their fabrication processes on a smaller scale, optimizing designs before scaling up,” it says. “Once perfected, full-size projects are constructed using larger ABB robots, ensuring that the final product is executed with the same precision and care as the model.”