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An integrated design tool for timber plate structures to generate joints geometry, fabrication toolpath, and robot trajectories

Rogeau, Nicolas  
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Latteur, Pierre
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Weinand, Yves  
2021
Automation in Construction

This paper presents an integrated design tool for structures composed of engineered timber panels that are connected by traditional wood joints. Recent advances in computational architecture have permitted to automate the fabrication and assembly of such structures using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines and industrial robotic arms. While several large-scale demonstrators have been realized, most developed algorithms are closed-source or project-oriented. The lack of a general framework makes it difficult for architects, engineers and designers to effectively manipulate this innovative construction system. Therefore, this research aims at developing a holistic design tool targeting a wide range of architectural applications. Main achievements include: (1) a new data structure to deal with modular assemblies, (2) an analytical parametrization of the geometry of five timber joints, (3) a method to generate CNC toolpath while integrating fabrication constraints, and (4) a method to automatically compute robot trajectories for a given stack of timber plates.

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DOI
10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103875
Author(s)
Rogeau, Nicolas  
Latteur, Pierre
Weinand, Yves  
Date Issued

2021

Published in
Automation in Construction
Volume

130

Article Number

103875

Subjects

Integrated design

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Timber plate structures

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Wood joints

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Digital fabrication

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CNC machining

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Robotic assembly

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Robotic arm

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Modular assembly

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Assembly sequence

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Insertion vector

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This is an Open Access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License

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51NF40-141853

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August 27, 2021
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