Robotic Force Printing : A Joint Workshop of MIT/ETH/TJ

This book is a documentation of the joint workshop of MIT, ETH and Tongji University, which integrates COMPAS and FURobotic to explore the advances in additive manufacturing and robotic fabrication

About ten years ago, Professor Stanford Anderson from MIT initiated the joint-workshop program with Tongji University in Shanghai and has continued his decade-long collaborations with us since then. The Robotic Force Printing Workshop this year can be seen as a respectful tribute and continuity to such tradition. Philip F. Yuan, a professor of Tongji University and the founder of Fab-Union Technology was in collaboration with Professor Philippe Block of ETH throughout the 23-day workshop. In addition to the design-fabrication studios, the workshop also consists of three field trips in association with one academic forum, four public lectures and a series of teaching modules on fundamental concepts of COMPAS and FURobotic to explore the integration between novel structural designs and the advances in additive manufacturing and robotic fabrication.Contents:Introduction - Form Following Robotic Force: Philip F. YuanPreface- Digital Master Builders: Exploring Strength Through Geometry: Philippe BlockPrecedents - Computation & Digital Fabrication-Enabled Geometrical: Gene Ting-Chun Kao, Mark Kam-Ming Tam- Bending-Active Formwork For Shell Structures Based On 3D-Printing Technology: A Pre-Research: Xiang Wang- Programming Of Robotic Fabrication: Liming ZhangMethodology - Preliminary Groups: - Snake Rock Pavilion - Shell O - Fractal Shell - Folded Bridge - Eight-Legged Shell - White Hill - The RibbonFinal Fabrication Works - Bending Shell - Fu Bridge