Robots have come to architecture to model, construct, fabricate and offer new approaches to create innovative designs, elements and structures
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to review the dramatic entry of robotics into the field of architecture and construction.
Design/methodology/approach
Discussions with worldwide researchers in the field of applying robotics to architecture applications and attendance at the 2014 Rob-Arch Conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Findings
Robots are enabling many new and innovative methodologies for architecture design and implementation, as well as construction.
Practical implications
Readers may be very surprised at the many tasks that robots are already tackling in enabling innovation to reach out to architectural design and implementation.
Originality/value
A review of a wide range of the applications of robots worldwide to architectural innovation.
Keywords
Citation
Bloss, R. (2014), "Robots have come to architecture to model, construct, fabricate and offer new approaches to create innovative designs, elements and structures", Industrial Robot, Vol. 41 No. 5, pp. 403-407. https://doi.org/10.1108/IR-06-2014-0359
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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