Daniela Mitterberger

About

Daniela Mitterberger is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of computational design, robotic fabrication, and human-robot collaboration in architecture and construction. Her work fundamentally reimagines how humans and machines can work together on building sites, developing sophisticated systems that augment human craft rather than replace it entirely. Mitterberger's most influential contribution, "Augmented Bricklaying" (2020, 82 citations), demonstrated how visual augmentation technologies could enable skilled workers to construct complex masonry at full architectural scale—validated through a real-world winery facade in Greece. This thread of inquiry extends through her highly cited "Interactive Robotic Plastering" (2022, 54 citations), which integrated augmented reality interfaces with in-situ robotic spraying systems, and her cooperative assembly research exploring human-robot workflows for timber and rope-joint structures. Beyond fabrication methods, Mitterberger investigates sustainable materials, notably robotic 3D printing with granular bio-composites and soil-based materials as alternatives to conventional construction products. Her conceptual work on digital embodiment and corporeality in human-robot collaboration further reflects her holistic approach to the field. With over 200 cumulative citations, her research has meaningfully shaped how the architecture, engineering, and construction community understands adaptive, human-centered digital fabrication at full scale.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Augmented bricklaying

   82 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Interactive Robotic Plastering: Augmented Interactive Design and Fabrication for On-site Robotic Plastering

   54 citations · 2022
3. 3
   Tie a knot: human–robot cooperative workflow for assembling wooden structures using rope joints

   31 citations · 2022
4. 4
   Cooperative augmented assembly (CAA): augmented reality for on-site cooperative robotic fabrication

   15 citations · 2024
5. 5
   Augmented human, extended machine

   11 citations · 2022
6. 6
   Prototype As Artefact

   10 citations · 2020
7. 7
   Digital soil: Robotically 3D-printed granular bio-composites

   8 citations · 2020
8. 8
   Robotic on-site adaptive thin-layer printing: Challenges and workflow for design and fabrication of bespoke cementitious plasterwork at full architectural scale

   8 citations · 2022
9. 9
   Building (with) human–robot teams: fabrication-aware design, planning, and coordination of cooperative assembly processes

   5 citations · 2025
10. 10
    Soil 3D Printing

    3 citations · 2019

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