Architectural Robotics

2022 Research & Technology Academic

A robotic end effector and custom control workflow assemble small components into larger configurations.

Industrial robotic fabrication equipment in the workshop. — Robotic fabrication setup.

Year: 2022
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Typology: Research & Technology
Discipline: Architecture
Status: Academic
Institution: Yale School of Architecture
Contribution: Team project with Christopher Pin and Oswaldo Chinchilla; individual scope requires confirmation.
Collaborators: Christopher Pin, Oswaldo Chinchilla

Supercomponents tests how an industrial robot can place and bond interlocking pieces. The team developed an end effector with vacuum attachment and pneumatic glue application, alongside a Grasshopper workflow for manipulating laser-cut components. Calvin Rogers worked with Christopher Pin and Oswaldo Chinchilla; the division of individual contributions and photographic credits remains to be confirmed.

Close photograph of a fabricated attachment held near a robotic tool. — 01 — The team’s robotic end effector.

Photograph of small interlocking components arranged on a blue surface. — 02 — Arranging the components.

Photograph of interlocking components assembled into a raised arrangement. — 03 — A larger assembly from repeated parts.

Photograph of a robotic tool working above a line of small components. — 04 — Robotic placement and bonding.

Fabricated components arranged on a work surface. — 05 — Fabricated component study.