Scaling Robotic Processes
October 2024
To round off the tower stacking project, we used this example to examine the idea of scaling code and robotic processes. With the help of our friends at the Robotic Fabrication Lab (RFL) at ETH Zürich in Switzerland, we were able to scale up the scale block stacking process to a large-scale set up.
Adonis Lau began testing and developing the tower stacking process with the two ABB GoFas in the lab, replicating the set up at the RFL as closely as possible. Once the process was ready to be scaled up, he brought it over to the RFL and with the help of Philippe Fleischmann they further developed the process (with minor adjustments to the COMPAS_RRC code) to be executed on two ABB IRB 4600 robots mounted on an external 3-axis Güdel gantry.
This project created an understanding of scale in architectural robotic workflows and the role that each scale plays throughout the DfMA process.
Music Credits: Upbeat Indie Funk by Infraction, Independence