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Robotic Sand Shaping for Reusable Formworks (2024-09)

From Tool-Path Design to Emergent Shapes and Patterns in Cast Form

10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.1.017

Cook Kieron,  Çapunaman Özgüç,  Gürsoy Benay
Contribution - Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, pp. 17-24

Abstract

This paper introduces a research project that involves using a 6-axis robotic arm to shape kinetic sand. The goal is to create reusable and reconfigurable sand formworks with intricate patterns and textures for casting concrete. When kinetic sand is compacted, it creates emergent "material shapes" on the sand surface due to material spring-back. The research aims to identify the causal relationships between the robot's toolpath design, material and fabrication parameters, and emergent material formations. This will allow for a fine level of control over the design process of sand formworks for casting concrete panels without any formwork waste. The paper also reviews existing literature on reconfigurable formworks, presents the workflows for robotic sand shaping, and provides examples of concrete panels cast on sand formworks generated using these workflows.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{cook_capu_gurs.2024.RSSfRF,
  author            = "Kieron Cook and Özgüç Bertuğ Çapunaman and Benay Toykoc Gürsoy",
  title             = "Robotic Sand Shaping for Reusable Formworks: From Tool-Path Design to Emergent Shapes and Patterns in Cast Form",
  doi               = "10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.1.017",
  year              = "2024",
  pages             = "17--24",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: Data-Driven Intelligence",
  editor            = "Odysseas Kontovourkis and Marios C. Phocas and Gabriel Wurzer",
}
Formatted Citation

K. Cook, Ö. B. Çapunaman and B. T. Gürsoy, “Robotic Sand Shaping for Reusable Formworks: From Tool-Path Design to Emergent Shapes and Patterns in Cast Form”, in Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: Data-Driven Intelligence, 2024, pp. 17–24. doi: 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.1.017.

Cook, Kieron, Özgüç Bertuğ Çapunaman, and Benay Toykoc Gürsoy. “Robotic Sand Shaping for Reusable Formworks: From Tool-Path Design to Emergent Shapes and Patterns in Cast Form”. In Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: Data-Driven Intelligence, edited by Odysseas Kontovourkis, Marios C. Phocas, and Gabriel Wurzer, 17–24, 2024. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.1.017.