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Sticks System

Robotic Manufacturing with Wood Offcuts for Self-Shading Facades

Context
IAAC — Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (MRAC) — Academic Research
Role
Material Research, Digital Library & Robotic Process
Year
2023
Practice
FAB LAB · RESEARCH
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Status
COMPLETED
Robotic assembly of wood offcut sticks for the facade system

Overview

Design of a robotic manufacturing system using wood offcuts for prefabricated, customised self-shading facades. A digital material library catalogues the offcut stock; the robotic process matches sticks to the design and places them with an ABB 6700 six-axis robot and a custom end effector, with OpenCV / AR-assisted construction.

Sticks system fabrication process
Catalogued offcut parameters and system setup
Assembled self-shading stick facade

Responsibilities

  • Material research, collection and fabrication processing
  • Digital library of wood offcuts
  • Scheme design and robotic process optimisation
  • Robot control path files

Methodology

  • Offcut digitisation: physical data captured into a searchable digital library
  • Robotic placement with ABB 6700 and custom end effector; CNC support
  • OpenCV and AR-assisted construction for positioning and verification