Professor Kathrin Dörfler invites you to her university-public online lecture “Robot Co-Builder–Human-in-the-loop Computational Design and Fabrication” as part of the so-called "Assessment Centre" after the 2nd year of the tenure-track procedure. She will provide insights into her research and teaching activities at TUM to date as well as an outlook on the coming years. Since June 2019, Kathrin Dörfler is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Munich, setting up a research group for Digital Fabrication in Architecture. At the interface between computational design… [read more]

LoX, a cooperation between the TT Professorship Digital Fabrication and TT Professorship Structural Design with the Zurich start-up incon.ai, invites people to take part in a collective construction process made possible by Augmented Reality (AR) technology. LoX will be shown for the first time as part of the Kunstareal-Fest in Munich, in which a pavilion will be built collaboratively by students of the TU Munich over the course of two days. The structure will grow continuously and offer visitors different spatial experiences over the course of the construction. [read more]

Our cluster AHRC: Augmented Human-Robot-Collaboration for Builders will explore object-aware AR technology to enable human-in-the-loop design and fabrication, combining machine intelligence with human tactility and cognition. [read more]

"Human-in-the-Loop – How Human-Machine Collaboration Will Shape the Future of Digital Design and Fabrication" Lecture by Kathrin Dörfler and Romana Rust as part of the Online Lecture series Talking Matters by Matters of Activity On Tuesday, 18 May 2021, Matters of Activity will launch the online lecture series »Talking Matters«, in which external speakers from various disciplines are invited by the six cluster projects to provide insights into their research, which is related to central issues of »Matters of Activity«. In addition to researches and students from various disciplines, the… [read more]

This semester, our design studio on Mobile Additive Manufacturing will be accompanied by a speaker series with fantastic guests giving lectures on various topics relating to construction robotics and architecture. Join us via Zoom ! Passcode: #mam April 14, 1 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. Stuart Maggs, CEO, Scaled Robotics & Carla Matthäus, PhD, cbm, TUM June 1st, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Selen Ercan, PhD, Gramazio Kohler Research, ETHZ & Maria Yablonina, Ass. Prof., University of Toronto June 22, 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Norman Hack, Jun. Prof., Digital Building Construction, TUBS & Ryan Luke Johns,… [read more]

In this semester's design-based research studio entitled "Mobile Additive Manufacturing" we will explore how we can use mobile robots for 3D printing on building sites. By combining digital design with mobile robotics, we will explore the design space and implications of this technology on architecture and construction. [read more]

We are very happy to see Gido Dielemans presenting the jointly developed publication "Additive Manufacturing of Thermally Enhanced Lightweight Concrete Wall Elements with Closed Cellular Structures" at the PowerSKIN Conference 2021. This research has explored and evaluated the geometric freedom of additive manufacturing of lightweight concrete to integrate increased thermal performance features into mono-material building components. [read more]

The Robotics Institute of the University of Toronto is launching a new Dialogue Series, starting with the topic of robotic fabrication in architecture. Under the moderation of Maria Yablonina, Kathrin Doefler and Brian Ringley will present their research on construction robotics and enter into a dialogue with each other and with the audience. [read more]

The project Climate Active Bricks receives an honorable mention. [read more]

Research Insides by the SFB/TRR 277 Additive Manufacturing in Construction Monday, Februar 1st, 2021, 6.00 p.m - 8 p.m. Free online live streaming - Register as AAEC member via www.advanceaec.net Keynote Speakers: Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Postdoctoral Researcher, NCCR DFAB, ETH Zurich Dr. Fabian Meyer Broetz, Head of 3D Construction Printing, PERI GmbH [read more]