About the project
Robotic 3D printing process
For the Bauhaus anniversary year, the professors Willmann (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar), Helm (Fachhochschule Dortmund) and Schramm (University of Duisburg-Essen) have developed a unique robotic installation that can be experienced live for the first time at the annual summaery2019 exhibition: In a novel 3D printing process, a rope robot processes cementitious material into non-standardized surface elements that successively cover the architecture of the x.Stahl research building, an open steel structure, with temporary cladding.
Most people have probably come across the principle of the rope robot in the context of soccer broadcasts: mounted on ropes, the robot - here equipped with a camera - can move freely in the air over long distances and capture spectacular perspectives. In the case of "Robotic Printed Morphologies", a concrete printer is used in this way, demonstrating not only the novel aesthetic and functional potential of the robotic process developed, but also providing fascinating insights into the future of digital design and fabrication processes on a structural scale. The result is a completely new radius of action and scenarios for both the design and technical disciplines - and also for joint, interdisciplinary explorations.
Team: Prof. Dr. Jan Willmann, Prof. Dr. Volker Helm, Prof. Dr. Dieter Schramm, Dr. Tobias Bruckmann, Michael Braun (Project Management Design and Exhibition), David Hahlbrock (Project Management Material and Fabrication), Roland Boumann, Robin Heidel and Patrik Lemmen (Project Management Robotics), Philipp Enzmann, Urs Winandy, Daniel Lethert, Patrik Bartnik, Paul-Andreas Maurer and Daniel Horn
Supporters: Prof. Bernd Rudolf and Dr. Christian Hanke (Bauhaus University Weimar), Prof. Dr. Thomas Straßmann (University of Applied Sciences Dortmund)
Selected experts: Dr. Michael Werner and Bernd Gehrke (Pagel Spezial-Beton), Michael Engels and Uwe Flügel (Desoi GmbH)