The programming of industrial robots is commonly static and optimised for a clearly defined surrounding. Humans however often work in a highly intuitive and flexible surrounding. While construction sites are dynamic and unstructured, major parts of information can be taken from the prior planning phases. This “a-priori knowledge” can help to plan parametric mounting processes and assembly sequences.
Our new concept of haptic programming at the new chair for Individualised Production in architecture at RWTH Aachen University uses this knowledge to interconnect CAD and assembly by humans helping robots to learn intuitive processes and vice versa.
Sigrid Brell-Cokcan is the founder and director of the new Chair of individualized production in architecture (IP) at RWTH Aachen University and is currently the president of the Association for Robots in Architecture (RiA) co-founded together with Johannes Braumann in 2010. In the last years Robots in Architecture has been pioneering the easy use of industrial robots for the creative industry.