Rob|Arch 2012 will offer 8 workshops dealing with different aspects of robotic fabrication, from the milling of fibre-reinforced concrete to real-time interaction with industrial robots. All workshops take place in parallel from the 14th to the 16th of December. The results will be discussed at the conference – along with the scientific papers – from 17th to 18th of December.
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Rotterdam
Stuttgart
Graz I
Graz II
Zurich
Vienna I
Vienna II
Vienna III
Rotterdam: Large Scale Hotwire & Diamondwire Cutting
Institution: Taubman College & Hyperbody
Workshop Co-Chair: Wes McGee & Jelle Feringa
Robot Type: 2x ABB IRB6400 m94a
Robot Controller: S4
Reach: 2.4m
Payload: 120kg
Special Equipment: Hotwire, diamond wire saw
Software: Custom software built on top of pythonocc, superTools, ABB RobotStudio
Stuttgart: Wood Morphologies
Institution: Institut für Computerbasiertes Entwerfen (ICD), Universität Stuttgart
Workshop Co-Chair: Achim Menges & Tobias Schwinn
Robot Type: KUKA KR 125/2
Robot Controller: KR C2
Reach: 2.4m
Payload: 125 kg
Special Equipment: Vertical Turntable KPF1-V500, SWS quick change system, HSD Spindle 8kW, HSK-E40 Collet Chuck
Software: Hypermill, Robomove, Rhino/Grasshopper
Graz I: Mill to Fit
Institution: ITE/ TU Graz
Workshop Co-Chair: Andreas Trummer, Stefan Peters
Robot Type: ABB-IRB6660-205
Robot Controller: IRC5
Reach: 1.93m
Payload: 205kg
Special Equipment: 6m linear axis, SpindlePack 4kW, SpindlePack 11,8kW, wet machining
Software: ABB RobotStudio, Virtual Robot, HyperMill
Graz II: Robotic Casting
Institution: Harvard GSD (@ TU Graz)
Workshop Co-Chair: Martin Bechthold & Jonathan King
Robot Type: 3x ABB IRB 140
Robot Controller: IRC 5, Robotware 5.14
Payload: 6 kg each
Special Equipment: Custom End Effectors, Mill
Software: ABB RobotStudio, Rhino, Grasshopper with custom components
Zurich: Brickdesign
Institution: ROB Technologies AG, Zurich
Workshop Co-Chair: Gramazio & Kohler Architecture and Digital Fabrication, ETH Zurich
Robot Type: Kuka KR 150 L 110, mounted on shipping container
Robot Controller: KR C2
Reach: 3500mm
Payload: 110 kg
Special Equipment: Mechanical Gripper, Glueing Station (external tool)
Software: Rhino 5 with plugin “BrickDesign”
Vienna I: Man/Machine Cohabitation
Institution: EZCT & Robots in Architecture (@TU Vienna)
Workshop Co-Chair: Thibault Schwartz
Robot Type: ABB IRB-120
Robot Controller: IRC5 Compact
Reach: 0.58m
Payload: 3 kg
Special Equipment: Custom endeffectors
Software: Rhino/Grasshopper/HAL, RobotStudio
Vienna II: On-Line Control of Robots and other CNC Machines
Institution: Institute of Arts and Design, TU Wien
Workshop Co-Chair: Florian Rist, Christian Kern
Robot Type: KUKA KR60HA
Robot Controller: KRC2 Ed. 2005
Reach: 2.3m
Payload: 60 kg
Special Equipment: MicroScribe GX2, camera for optical tracking, 3+1-axis router typ CNC mill (LinuxCNC controlled )
Software: Python, C++, ObjectivC, KRL, OpenCV, VTK, LinuxCNC
Vienna III: Machine Networks
Institution: SCI-Arc (@TU Vienna)
Workshop Co-Chair: Nazareth Ekmekjian, Brandon Kruysman, Jonathan Proto
Robot Type: 3x Staubli TX-60/90
Robot Controller: Staubli CS8c, Val3 6.8
Reach: 1.0m
Payload: 20kg
Special Equipment: Custom Endeffectors, TCP/IP Network Hub
Software: Autodesk Maya, Custom plug-in for Maya “Esperant.O”
