{"id":2915,"date":"2020-09-07T09:20:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T09:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurecities.iaac.net\/expo2020\/?page_id=2915"},"modified":"2020-09-07T09:23:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T09:23:55","slug":"robotic-active-wood-bending","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/futurecities.iaac.net\/expo2020\/robotic-active-wood-bending\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotic Active Wood Bending"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robotic Active Wood Bending<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t
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Faculty: Alexandre Dubor, Raimund Krenmueller<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Students: Alexandros Varvantakis, Cedric Droogmans and Roberto Vargas<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t
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The project refers to active wood bending using robotic manufacture with a facade being the final aim of the exploration. The procedure is divided into three stages starting by streaming the wood, bending it with the use of the robot and finally mounting it in a position until the material gets back it rigidity. The investigation started with an analogue approach by steaming the wood then bending it with our hands on a fixed structure while it gradually evolved to a fully robotic process. Using robotic force while respecting the properties of the material outcomes were immense in terms of production, accuracy and overall quality. Starting from two dimensional to more complicated three dimensional bends we created a catalogue of design possibilities ready to be applied on this challenging task of re-design the facade of Plug-in building by Mia\u2019s architects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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