Digital Tectonics » robotic

Robot organising brick panel geometry

Chris — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:31:31 +0000

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Work conducted at the ETH by the Architecture and Digital Fabrication department. They conduct experimental research into the possibilities of digital fabrications and collaborate on certain professional projects when the opportunity arises.

Robotic Farmer

Andrew — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:39 +0000

The MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is pioneering the field of automated farming. These tomatoes were tended to by the ‘robotic farmer’ dubbed as “precision agriculture” by CSAIL, and it is easy to see why. Each plant will receive only the resources it needs and each tomato is harvested as soon as it is ready. The MIT’s research could feature heavily in a self sustenant community, where the robotic and automated nature could vary in both scale and presence. My concern with such a system, is that whilst it could be exemplar in terms of efficiency- the consumer could become detached from the growing process; a process which I am looking to strongly promote and re-establish.

Life box turns robotic

Andrew — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:08:14 +0000

I’m now starting to explore Life Box as a more automated system which can be controlled remotely. It’s taken me back to the days of watching Robot Wars with Ray Charles’ legendary commentary; which is never a bad thing.