TY - GEN
T1 - Robotic AeroCrete A novel robotic spraying and surface treatment technology for the production of slender reinforced concrete elements
AU - Taha, Nizar
AU - Walzer, Alexander Nikolas
AU - Ruangjun, Jetana
AU - Bürgin, Theophil
AU - Dörfler, Kathrin
AU - Lloret-Fritschi, Ena
AU - Gramazio, Fabio
AU - Kohler, Matthias
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This research paper presents a novel method for robotic spraying of glass-fibre reinforced concrete (GFRC) on a permeable reinforcement mesh. In this process, the mesh acts as a functional formwork during the concrete spraying process and as reinforcement once the concrete is cured, with the goal of producing slender reinforced concrete elements efficiently. The proof of concept presented in this paper takes inspiration from ``Ferrocement'' technique, developed in the 1940s by Pier Luigi Nervi (Greco, 1994) and shows how robotic spraying has the potential of producing such slender and bespoke reinforced concrete elements while also having the potential of reducing manual labour, waste and excess material. The system is coined with the name ``Robotic AeroCrete'' (or RAC) in reference to the use of an industrial robotic setup and the pneumatic projection of concrete.
AB - This research paper presents a novel method for robotic spraying of glass-fibre reinforced concrete (GFRC) on a permeable reinforcement mesh. In this process, the mesh acts as a functional formwork during the concrete spraying process and as reinforcement once the concrete is cured, with the goal of producing slender reinforced concrete elements efficiently. The proof of concept presented in this paper takes inspiration from ``Ferrocement'' technique, developed in the 1940s by Pier Luigi Nervi (Greco, 1994) and shows how robotic spraying has the potential of producing such slender and bespoke reinforced concrete elements while also having the potential of reducing manual labour, waste and excess material. The system is coined with the name ``Robotic AeroCrete'' (or RAC) in reference to the use of an industrial robotic setup and the pneumatic projection of concrete.
KW - Digital Fabrication
KW - Ferrocement
KW - Robotic Fabrication
KW - Shotcrete
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120919745&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_675
DO - 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_675
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85120919745
SN - 9789491207198
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 245
EP - 254
BT - Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolutio
A2 - Sousa, José Pedro
A2 - Henriques, Gonçalo Castro
A2 - Xavier, João Pedro
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 37th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe and 23rd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society Digital Graphics, eCAADe SIGraDi 2019
Y2 - 11 September 2019 through 13 September 2019
ER -