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This master thesis presents the development of a novel fabrication system for filament materials through a multi-species machine collaboration. The system, named Spatial Weaving, is based on the collaboration of a six-axis robotic arm and a four-axis CNC gantry. This collaboration enables a new type of fiber interaction, based on a volumetric approach, that results in the generation of ultralightweight customized spatial structures. New syntax logics and rules were created for the development of a new material system and explored through physical models and digital simulations. Through this research we demonstrate a possible solution to minimize the frame to a bare minimum, proposing a generic setup able to generate different geometries within the same frame. By combining the attributes of different machine species, a dynamic and collaborative fabrication system is presented as a strategy to tailor the fiber in space and expand the design possibilities of lightweight fibrous structures even further. The resulting structure is a direct expression of the material system and robotic configuration.
ITECH M.Sc. Thesis Project 2019: Multi-Agent Spatial Weaving
Rebeca Duque Estrada, Fabian Kannenberg
Thesis Advisers: Maria Yablonina, Hans Jakob Wagner
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Achim Menges
Second Supervisor: Prof. Jan Knippers
This project was developed in part through the Autodesk Research Residency Program.
The Autodesk Research Residency Program is a research and development program where a diverse global community of innovators from industry, academic, and entrepreneurial sectors collaborate to design, make, and de-risk the future together.