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- Edible Aquatic Robots: A Sustainable Innovation for Environmental MonitoringScientists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a unique robot. This small, boat-shaped aquatic device is edible and biodegradable, offering…
- Electronics-Free Walking Robots Printed in One GoA team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed walking robots that are fully 3D printed from a single, simple…
- Robotic 3D Printing Shapes Modular PETG TowerZaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) Tech Lab has created a 6-metre-tall 3D-printed model of an air traffic control tower for the ZHAviation exhibition stand at…
- Sea-Urchin-Inspired Coating Enables Robot To Filter Oil From WaterResearchers at RMIT University in Australia have developed a new oil-water filtration coating inspired by sea urchins. The material captures oil while repelling water.…
- Robots Reinvent Rebar: MESH’s Digital Innovation for Complex Architectural FormsA breakthrough from ETH Zurich spin-off MESH is changing how designers think about complex structures. Using robotic arms, the technology automates the bending, placement,…
- Wooden pavilion built by robots to reduce wasteRobots have been used to make various kinds of constructions. Here at Materia, we have discussed robots laying bricks, fabricating a pavilion from a…
- Robots made from recycled parts from old appliancesWhat can you do with old parts from electronic appliances, meters, tracing wheels, or lamps? You could throw them away, but recycling is a…
- Robotic Forming Enables Modular Aluminium LightingDigital fabrication offers new ways to shape metal without conventional tooling. Hikarigami, a student project by the Harvard Graduate School of Design, won the…
- World-First Soft Robots Walk Straight Off the 3D PrinterResearchers at the University of Edinburgh have created a low-cost 3D printing system that makes soft robots walk straight off the printer. These flexible,…
- Building with robots using Spatial Timber Assemblies methodDigitalisation and automation is used more and more in construction, including timber construction. However, often, the material still has to be manually assembled. Now,…
- Elytra Filament Pavilion Features New Robot-Fabricated Building MaterialThis week, the robot-fabricated Elytra Filament Pavilion opened at the Victoria & Albert museum in London. It's unusual structure is made from a super…
- Robotic 3D Printing System Reuses Shredded Plastic WasteA robotic 3D printing system developed by WASP combines direct plastic recycling with large-format additive manufacturing. The setup can process shredded thermoplastic waste without…
- Compostable Soft Robotics: Plant-Based Materials That Return to the SoilResearchers at Seoul National University have developed stretchable soft robotic fingers made from plant-based, biodegradable materials. After use, the devices break down in soil…
- Robot builds stable structures with loose stones and stringResearchers at ETH Zurich used a robot to construct the so-called Rock Print Pavilion, made only of loose stones and string, using a phenomenon…
- Tor Alva: A 3D Printed Concrete Tower of Innovation Built by RobotsA new architectural wonder now rises in the Swiss Alps. Tor Alva, or “White Tower,” is the tallest 3D printed building in the world.…
- Flying Construction Robots Open New Opportunities for Building and DesignResearchers from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) and EPFL have published a study exploring the potential of aerial robots—commonly…
- 3D printing rubber robot jellyfish to monitor the reefResearchers at Florida Atlantic University and the US Office of Naval Research developed soft robotic jellyfish to monitor the reefs, 3D printed from rubber.…
- This swarm of robots ‘spins’ tubular fibreglass structuresFiberbots, a project of researchers of the Mediated Matter Group of MIT, is a digital fabrication platform fusing cooperative robotic manufacturing with abilities to…
- Form Found Façade: Robotics and fabric formwork create façadeFabric formwork is a building technology that involves the use of structural membranes as the main facing material for concrete moulds. Unlike traditional formwork,…
- Archi-Union Architects uses robots to construct brick façadeMore and more things in life are automatically made, so why not use robots to construct buildings as well? The Chinese studio Archi-Union Architects…
- Robotic Swarms Build Reversible Timber Structures From the Top DownAn international research consortium is developing an autonomous construction system that uses coordinated robots to assemble modular timber buildings. The project, called SWIFT-BUILD (Swarm-based…
- CORA: A Timber Structure for Robotic CraftsmanshipThe Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) has unveiled CORA, the Cathedral of Robotic Artisans, a pioneering timber workshop designed to house a…
- A pavilion based on moth webs made by drones and robotsGlass and carbon fibre reinforced composites are lightweight and have high tensile strength. This is why they are widely used in automotive and aerospace…
- 3D printing fibreglass composites with a 6-axis robot armUsing a robotic arm to 3D print has the advantage over other forms of 3D printing that it is much more flexible, giving you more…
