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Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018 (ROBARCH 2018)

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In this paper we present an installation which explores a robotic fabrication process through real time human-machine interaction using natural interfaces. Aiming to contribute to the debate regarding automatization processes described by the industry 4.0, we suggest a future collaborative approach to distributed and participatory design. The installation invites participants to shape a physical object through a robot that interprets the acoustic signal of their voices. The object is then fabricated in near real-time through robotic hotwire cutting. The visitor is gifted with the result of its exploration to take home as a souvenir of a possible future. The negative traces of voices are aggregated through an algorithm in a sculptural wall.

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  1. HENN, Alexanderstraße 7, 10178, Berlin, Germany

    Giovanni Betti & Saqib Aziz

  2. Technical University Darmstadt, El-Lissitzky-Straße 1, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    Andrea Rossi & Oliver Tessmann

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  1. Faculty of Art and Design, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany

    Jan Willmann

  2. Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

    Philippe Block

  3. Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

    Marco Hutter

  4. San Francisco, CA, USA

    Kendra Byrne

  5. Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Tim Schork

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Betti, G., Aziz, S., Rossi, A., Tessmann, O. (2019). Communication Landscapes. In: Willmann, J., Block, P., Hutter, M., Byrne, K., Schork, T. (eds) Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018. ROBARCH 2018. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_6

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