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Adaptive Control-System for Smart Dynamic Casting (2018-05)

Defining Fabrication-Informed Design-Tools and Process-Parameters in Digital Fabrication-Processes

10.3929/ethz-b-000277050

 Scotto Fabio,  Lloret-Fritschi Ena,  Gramazio Fabio,  Kohler Matthias,  Flatt Robert
Contribution - Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, pp. 255-264

Abstract

The paper describes the process control system and the fabrication-informed design tool developed for Smart Dynamic Casting (SDC) - the innovative technique that merges the process of slipforming with robotic fabrication technologies to enable greater geometrical freedom in the production of architectural components made of concrete. The paper focuses on the process parameters that characterizes the production workflow and it outlines the system-specific geometry rationalization algorithm developed for the definition of feasible geometries. Furthermore, the paper introduces the first application of the SDC design tool within the architectural context of the DFAB HOUSE, a building project realized entirely by robotic and digital technologies.

4 References

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4 Citations

  1. Salaimanimagudam M., Jayaprakash Jaganathan (2022-11)
    Optimum Selection of Reinforcement, Assembly, and Formwork System for Digital Fabrication Technique in Construction Industry:
    A Critical Review
  2. Lloret-Fritschi Ena, Quadranti Elia, Scotto Fabio, Fuhrimann Lukas et al. (2022-05)
    Additive Digital Casting:
    From Lab to Industry
  3. Lloret-Fritschi Ena, Wangler Timothy, Gebhard Lukas, Mata-Falcón Jaime et al. (2020-05)
    From Smart Dynamic Casting to a Growing Family of Digital Casting Systems
  4. Szabó Anna, Reiter Lex, Lloret-Fritschi Ena, Gramazio Fabio et al. (2020-04)
    Mastering Yield-Stress-Evolution and Formwork-Friction for Smart Dynamic Casting

BibTeX 
@inproceedings{scot_llor_gram_kohl.2018.ACSfSDC,
  author            = "Fabio Scotto and Ena Lloret-Fritschi and Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Daniel Kohler and Robert Johann Flatt",
  title             = "Adaptive Control-System for Smart Dynamic Casting: Defining Fabrication-Informed Design-Tools and Process-Parameters in Digital Fabrication-Processes",
  doi               = "10.3929/ethz-b-000277050",
  year              = "2018",
  pages             = "255--264",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference: Learning, Adapting and Prototyping",
  editor            = "Tomo Cerovsek",
}
Formatted Citation

F. Scotto, E. Lloret-Fritschi, F. Gramazio, M. D. Kohler and R. J. Flatt, “Adaptive Control-System for Smart Dynamic Casting: Defining Fabrication-Informed Design-Tools and Process-Parameters in Digital Fabrication-Processes”, in Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference: Learning, Adapting and Prototyping, 2018, pp. 255–264. doi: 10.3929/ethz-b-000277050.

Scotto, Fabio, Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Daniel Kohler, and Robert Johann Flatt. “Adaptive Control-System for Smart Dynamic Casting: Defining Fabrication-Informed Design-Tools and Process-Parameters in Digital Fabrication-Processes”. In Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference: Learning, Adapting and Prototyping, edited by Tomo Cerovsek, 255–64, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000277050.