a robotically fabricated sun shading structure for the Istituto Svizzero in Rome together with all MAS DFAB students at ETH Zürich with Gramazio Kohler Research
the goal was to create this structure with a novel wood to wood connection system using dowels between wooden beams
a sequential algorithmic design engine was developed in rhino, grasshopper and python which takes all fabrication parameters of this system into account
the chosen design then was segmented according to production and assembly constraints and transferred to the production setup in grasshopper and python
this setup allowed us to send commands to two ABB robotic arms in the Robotic Fabrication Laboratory at ETH Zürich – one equipped with a gripper and one equipped with a drill
in a human-robotic collaborative process all 22 segments were produced and shipped to Rome, where they were assembled together to form the finished structure
the complete project was done in 10 weeks with 19 days production and one week assembly on site
