In collaboration with Nick Cote and Ameer Musa

Submitted to Rob|Arch 2014 Conference

Geometry modeled with Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, and Pythonscript
Renderings and animations produced with a Canon550D, Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe Photoshop
ABB Robotic Arm controlled through Pythonscript, Grasshopper and RobotStudio

in exploring the benefits of employing a 6-axis robotic arm for purposes of additive manufacturing, the technical limitations of material extrusion was circumvented by utilizing light as a medium.

Computationally conceived tool paths were executed amongst various lighting conditions, reflective and deflective environments, speed and orientation, and reiteration.

with formal operations and environmental conditions in mind, point, line, and surface were scrutinized through variation in light source, light type (point, cone, ray), path (intersection, aggregation), methodology (range, rotation); industrial practice and potential is substantiated by virtual, post-industrial manifestations.

Logically derived and designed forms are given corporeal life with long-exposure photography and an ABB idustrial robotic arm; tactility is embued to fleeting ephemeral volumes and surfaces

Similar ideas and intentions were explored with the RISD Glass Robotics Lab - a collaborative effort in investigating the computational potential of industrially manipulating and fabricating programmable form with molten glass through gravity fed additive manufacturing.