Robotic Architecture Workshop

This course explores the experimental intersection of robotics and architecture. Through guest workshops, conference papers, theoretical readings, lectures, and simulations, students are introduced to this experimental realm of contemporary architectural practice and research. Students gain hands-on experience with industrial-scale robots, including programming for ABB arms with a 3D design software workflow (primarily Rhino with Grasshopper). In addition to reading responses, students develop a semester-long project, designing an end-effector for a robot arm and applying the end effector in a programmed fabrication sequence.