Follow Me
Aim
To explore innovative parametric tiling designs through the utilization of robotic tiling setups. The project aim is to utilize the functions of COMPAS framework and its extensions for robotic planning. Also, to incorporate computer vision and scanning information into the tiling process to enhance precision and efficiency.
Design Logic
Inspired by the idea of unique artistic shapes, we crafted elegant pieces together using 3 different sizes and shape types, and 3 different colours, this caused 9 different iterations of design. With this unique plethora of designs, we could go forth with more creative freedom in nesting.
Manual Packing
Computational Workflow
Filter Steps
When scanning tiles, we can split them out with colour filters. Red, White and Blue. We then apply filters such as gaussian, closing and gradient. We then calculate area and write all the data to csv; [x, y, z, colour, diameter, area]. We then send this across on a ROS topic to grasshopper from python.
After sorting we we we adjust the picking patterns. We coordinate it by doing one colour at a time and placing each to fit the design from a fixed orientation.
Fabrication Sorting
Performance
Follow Me is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed in the Master in Robotics & Advanced Construction 01 - 2023-2024 by the student(s) Arun Prasad, Mahaveer Bothra, Jasper Brookes, Vasista Monavarthy, Prottay Roy Chowdhury and Brijesh Kamal Pandya during the course MRAC01 23/24 Workshop 2.2 "Designing Robotic Pixels with COMPAS" with Gonzalo Casas and Kunaljit Chadha.