TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gramazio,Fabio
AU  - Kohler,Matthias
AU  - Willmann,Jan
ED  - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich.
TI  - The robotic touch: how robots change architecture 
SN  - 3906027376
AV  - TJ210.3 .G73 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Zurich
PB  - Park Books
KW  - Architecture and technology
KW  - Robotics
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Building
KW  - Automation
KW  - Computer vision
KW  - Architecture et technologie
KW  - Robotique
KW  - Innovations
KW  - Construction
KW  - Automatisation
KW  - Vision par ordinateur
KW  - fast
N1  - "Gramazio & Kohler, Research ETH Zurich, 2005-2013."; "Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication, ETH Zurich"--Colophon; Includes bibliographical references; 1. Thriving digital materiality -- 2. The robot -- 3. A new physis of construction -- 4. Code, language, design -- 5. Reality matters
N2  - The synthesis of data and material, which failed to develop in the early digital age, is being realised in today's architecture. This becomes apparent in various medial, spatial and structural manifestations; where data and material can no longer be interpreted as parallel features but rather as being innate expressions of architecture, that have become essential to construction in a new digital age. Closely related to this development is the increasing use of robots in the building process; enabling the fundamental integration of data and material, programming and construction, where processes are developed based on fixed rules, analysed, and then translated to practical construction. Using robots in architecture has not to date been comprehensively researched. This book examines the the theory and practice robot-based building processes and the specific implications of using robots, within architectural design, looking to the future of this innovative and cutting-edge technology
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