The two articles I chose are as follows: http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/feb09/articles/mobile/090125024654mobile.htm
The first article goes into detail about the usefulness of
robots in buildings. One of the main uses for these robots is the development
of BIM for existing buildings. The process is typically an expensive and time
consuming process, which can be avoided by the use of robots. These robots are
also programmed to navigate the buildings in which they are located. This
allows for the robot to accomplish various other tasks such as gathering data
or moving supplies around. For more information about these robots, please read the
complete article.
On another note, the second article explains how buildings
are now being designed to interact with the environment they enclose. Mainly,
the article references the University of Virginia’s radical new program that
allows architectural students to collaborate with students from other
professions. The result of this collaboration is a building design that changes with the help of robotics when certain events occur within the building. For example, a concert hall’s
ceiling will expand or contract in response to the circulation of people
within. This change optimizes the hall’s acoustics during events. As one might imagine, this technology can be adapted to suit a different need. The ultimate
goal of this article is to familiarize people with the new idea of changing
buildings.
The assigned article gave me all the basic information about robotics. Mainly, the article discussed how robots work and the operating systems behind them. Both these articles related to the main article, but in
different ways. The first article explains how robots can be used to gather
information from a building or to complete tasks. By reading the main article, one might be able to visualize how these robots are able to complete the tasks asked of them. The second article
shows the usefulness of robots in a buildings architecture. The systems receive information from the environment and then react. Overall, the articles stress the fact that robots are available and can be
used in building management and design.
The idea of interaction with the environment is very interesting, however it is very difficult to apply. Considering that buildings are enormous structures and they require huge amounts of energy in order to move their partitions or to make any kind of changes. I believe that the main purpose of using robotics in architecture should be to reduce the overall energy consumption and to increase the comfort level.
ReplyDeleteThe first article relates to my article about autonomous robots that work together to explore and map a building for emergency responders. It is interesting to consider different applications of the same technology such as developing BIM for existing buildings. A team of robots would be capable of gathering building information much more efficiently than humans. I agree that interactive, changing buildings will be very difficult to implement. At least in the near future, robotics efforts for energy consumption and comfort level will be more applicable.
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