structural force feedback winding
Project Team : Bruno Knychalla, Federico Forestiero,
Prof.Achim Menges
Tutors: L. Nguyen, T. Schwinn, L. Vasey
Our aim was using core-less winding to to stabilise a flexible boundary using a behavioural fabrication loop.
This project is part of a wider ongoing research on Fabrication Agency at the Institute of Computational design of the University of Stuttgart. As part of a trio my contribution to the project primarily laid in hardware and sensing development.
The project had two phases as flaws in our initial setup led to a revisal of our proposal and informed the final and proposed fabrication loop.
For most production methods form work or frames are needed to create rigid structures. Generating a process that can react and adapt to flexible boundary conditions allows for great freedom in geometry and controlled rigidity in the system.
Furthermore, the processes allows to design a weak scaffolding that transform through elastic deformation into doubly curved structure. This structure will be reinforced while being deformed by a robot to create a framework that can take on external forces and can be space defining.
PART I
Sensing
Planning
Acting
Aim_01
Creation of a doubly curved rigid structure from a flexible boundary condition using core-less winding.
Hyphothesis
For most production methods form work or frames are needed to create rigid structures.
Generating a process that can react and adapt to flexible boundary conditions allows for great freedom in geometry and controlled rigidity in the system.
Furthermore, the processes allows to design a weak scaffolding that transform through elastic deformation into doubly curved structure.
This structure will be reinforced while being deformed by a robot to create a framework that can take on external forces and can be space defining.
Method
A boundary is created as a starting point for goal design that will be achieved through elastic deformation of the boundary from flexible material.
Using coreless winding, real time robotic feedback and simulation methods, the weak structure is reinforced and deformed simultaneously.
Constant updates of form and rigidity are necessary due to the flexible nature of the structure until the anticipated shape and a stable condition is reached.
PART II
Sensing
Aim_02
Creation of a rigid structure from a flexible boundary condition with least deformation.
Hyphothesis
For most production methods form work or frames are needed to create rigid structures.
Generating a process that can react and adapt to flexible boundary conditions allows for great freedom in geometry and controlled rigidity in the system.
Furthermore, the processes allows for humans to create and design just a weak scaffolding as the outline of a structure that the robot can act upon to create a framework that can take on external forces and can be space defining.
Method
A boundary is created according to a goal design from flexible material. Using coreless winding, real time robotic feedback and simulation methods, the weak structure is reinforced through an optimised path of least deformation.
Constant updates are necessary due to the flexible nature of the structure until a stable condition is reached.