Robotic Building as Integration of Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation

Abstract

Robotic Building implies both physically built robotic environments and robotically supported building processes. Physically built robotic environments consist of reconfigurable, adaptive systems incorporating sensor-actuator mechanisms that enable buildings to interact with their users and surroundings in real-time. These robotic environments require Design-to-Production and -Operation (D2P&O) chains that may be (partially or completely) robotically driven. This chapter describes previous work aiming to integrate D2RP&O processes by linking performance-driven design with robotic production and user-driven building operation.