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(FAB)BOTS_SANDBOT

Research Studio III: Digital Tectonics

Faculty: Marta Male-Alemany

Co-Faculty: Victor Viña

Assistant: César Cruz Cázares

Student Team: Joel Letkemann, Viraj Kataria, Fabio Lopez

(FAB)BOTS_PNEUMORPHOSIS

Research Studio III: Digital Tectonics

Faculty: Marta Male-Alemany

Co-Faculty: Victor Viña

Assistant: César Cruz Cázares

Student team: natalija.boljsakov, Carlos Naranjo, Brian Miller

Research Studio III: Digital Tectonics

Faculty: Marta Male-Alemany

Co-Faculty: Victor Viña

Assistant: César Cruz Cázares

Student team: Natalija Boljsakov, Carlos Naranjo, Brian Miller

(FAB)BOTS_NGPS

Research Studio III: Digital Tectonics

Faculty: Marta Male-Alemany

Co-Faculty: Victor Viña

Assistant: César Cruz Cázares

Student team: Miquel Lloveras, Ali Basbous

Research Studio III: DigitalTectonics

Faculty: Marta Male-Alemany

Co-Faculty: Victor Viña

Assistant: César Cruz Cázares

Student Team: Mia Layco, Georgia Kotsari, Tomasz Starczewski

(FAB)BOTS_HELIOBOT

Research Studio III: Digital Tectonics Faculty: Marta Male-Alemany Co-Faculty: Victor Viña Assistant: César Cruz Cázares Student Team: Felipe Pecegueiro, Kfir Gluzberg, Jorge Orozco

FABBOTS_DREAMWEAVER_Machine

Research Studio III: Digital Tectonics
Faculty: Marta Male-Alemany
Co-Faculty: Victor Viña
Assistant: César Cruz Cázares
Student team: Melat Assefa, Joao Nuno Palaio Albuquerque, Brian Peters

RS2 - Morphotel

Research Studio II: Self Sufficient Buildings
Faculty: Willy Muller
Assistant: Maite Bravo
Student: Gianluca Santosuosso

Research Studio 3 - Digital Tectonics

Research Studio III: Digital Tectonics
Faculty: Marta Malé-Alemany
Co-Faculty:Victor Viña
Assistant: Cesar Cruz Cazares

The aim of the 2009-10 Digital Tectonics Research Studio is to investigate the workflow between computational design and material production methods, exploring the relationship between design inputs and computer programmable devices that can be used for the production of building structures and/or components. Students have examined scenarios in which parametric design and material production are developed simultaneously, exploring the potentials of linking design programming and machinic behaviour in real time.

RS3 - HelioBot

Research Studio III: Digital Tectonics
Faculty: Marta Male-Alemany
Co-Faculty: Victor Viña
Assistant: César Cruz Cázares
Student Team: Felipe Pecegueiro, Kfir Gluzberg, Jorge Orozco

Project name: HelioBot

This is the full scale research and development of a machine for digitally controlled construction. Our research aims to prototype an intelligent machine that utilizes and responds to the sun's energy. We are concentrating solar energy for operations of burning, heating, and cutting in the preparation of materials and/or elements for assembly. The robot is also intended to rely on solar energy for electrical power, making it capable of operating autonomously.

Three components compliment each other to provide the Heliobot with the ability to execute limitless two dimensional paths for heating. An upper portion is exposed to the sun and utilizes a lens and mirrors to concentrate photons to a controlled location. This is mounted on a chassis equipped with an omni-directional mobility system. Finally, its intelligence lies in data collected from a path recorder and light sensor which allow the robot to respond to its environment in real time.