The aim for this project is to interrogate the interrelationships between machine tools, machine instruction, material behavior, and geometry. More specifically, we will be developing robotic fabrication tools and techniques that target robotic toolpathing, contouring, and deep surfaces. Digital geometry is transferred into a designed toolpath that a robot arm or CNC machine follows in space. Each toolpath may consist of a series of planar ‘drawings’ that are successively ‘inscribed’ in a material (subtractive manufacturing) or successively deposited as material (additive manufacturing). Each stroke of the tool may leave a trace in the material locally; whether it is the depositing of clay, the carving indentation from a drill bit or the pressure of a brush. This means that we are as interested in the design of the toolpath as we are in the design of the overall form. The toolpath is where geometry interfaces with material. It is where geometry acquires character and articulation in the form of pattern and texture. It is where the precision of the digital realm may loosen as a result of a negotiation between geometry, machine, and material.
Per Stefan Svedberg
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Keda Daokajohn
Inthuwat Insuk
Pathanin Jennarongsak
Arayapon Kumjornpreecha
Piyapatara Leelachaipisit
Vipava Panyasarawut
Patthakarn Polakla
Suphawit Sunthornsittipong
Pumisak Supachaisakron
Sahasawat Thong-in
Bhurin Thuraphan
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