Journal
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 66-75Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2018.05.013
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Funding
- Swiss National Science Foundation through the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication [51NF40 141853]
- Research Equipment Grant
- [PP00P2 138920]
- [PP00P2 166163]
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While a consensus exists that advanced digital and mechatronic technology is on the cusp of profoundly impacting virtually every manufacturing and industry sector, there are some industries that seem to have profited far less from this ongoing 'revolution'. One prominent example of this is the construction sector and, in particular, building construction. In this paper, we aim at discussing some of the reasons for this apparent lack, and some reasons why this might change in the near future. We introduce the problem of digital in situ fabrication as both a significant challenge and a huge opportunity. We support the discussion with an example of a robotically-fabricated digital concrete wall. Overall, we find that solving in situ fabrication constitutes an inherently multidisciplinary challenge.
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