DocumentCode
580596
Title
Materials and mechanisms for amorphous robotic construction
Author
Napp, Nils ; Rappoli, Olive R. ; Wu, Jessica M. ; Nagpal, Radhika
Author_Institution
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
7-12 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
4879
Lastpage
4885
Abstract
We present and compare three different amorphous materials for robotic construction. By conforming to surfaces they are deposited on, such materials allow robots to reliably construct in unstructured terrain. However, using amorphous materials presents a challenge to robotic manipulation. We demonstrate how deposition of each material can be automated and compare their material properties, cost, and cost in time in order to evaluate their suitability for developing amorphous robotic construction system.
Keywords
construction; manipulators; amorphous materials; amorphous robotic construction system; robotic manipulation; unstructured terrain; Amorphous materials; Belts; Buildings; Liquids; Material properties; Robots;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location
Vilamoura
ISSN
2153-0858
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1737-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2012.6385718
Filename
6385718
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