Robotic positioning of wooden slats for optimized timber slabs

Abstract

A method for building slabs composed of discrete short timber slats is proposed. It involves simulating its principal stresses to locate and orient each building component. Those are assembled by a robotic arm in collaboration with a worker using an Augmented Reality head-mounted device. The prototype serves as a proof of concept and proved structurally viable, and future work involves interlocking the slats using halved joints and implementing a strategy to reuse wood production waste components as stock material.