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A look back at the first four years of fruitful research collaborations

In May the NCCR Digital Fabrication hosted representatives of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and its Review Panel for its fourth Annual Review. This year’s review was of particular importance, since it marked the NCCR’s transition from its first four-year funding phase to the next. The SNSF Research Council will now take the final decision and assign the NCCR its resources for the next four years as part of a competitive funding process. Details about the NCCR’s future research visions will be released later this year.

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NCCR researchers win Best Paper Award in Automation at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2018

NCCR researchers from Gramazio Kohler Research and the Agile and Dexterous Robotics Lab of ETH Zurich were awarded the Best Automation Paper Award at this year’s IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Brisbane, Australia. Manuel Lussi, Timothy Sandy, Kathrin Dörfler, Norman Hack, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler and Jonas Buchli received the award for their paper “Accurate and Adaptive In situ Fabrication of an Undulated Wall Using an On-Board Visual Sensing System”.

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DFAB HOUSE project team celebrate the topping out

Construction of the DFAB HOUSE is moving forward rapidly: on the 5th of July, the project team celebrated the topping out of the three-storey residential unit. The ceremony was held a few days after the robotically assembled spatial timber modules had been mounted on-site.

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Will digital fabrication be the future of architecture? Interesting debate on the future of construction as part of the SATW TecToday

Recently, the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) hosted an evening debate on the future of construction. 80 people met on the Empa premises in Duebendorf to discuss with renowned experts the impact digitalization will have on construction and the built environment. The evening debate was organised by SATW together with the NCCR Digital Fabrication, Empa, the Swiss Association for Engineers and Architects (sia) and the Swiss architecture and engineering magazine Tec21 as part of SATW’s ongoing “Tec Today” event series.

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Digital Concrete 2018: Get your tickets now!

Innovation in digital fabrication with cementitious materials promises to revolutionise concrete construction. The 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication brings together experts from academia and industry to discuss current developments.

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ROB|ARCH 2018: Submit your research videos and learn more about this year's keynote speakers

Preparations for the ROB|ARCH 2018 workshops and conference are in full swing. With Chris Luebkeman, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Philip F. Yuan and Jonas Buchli, the conference features renowned experts from consultancy, architecture, engineering and robotics as keynote speakers. Until the 30th of July, anyone working with robots in a creative way can submit their videos as part of the ROB|ARCH 2018 call for videos. A jury will watch all videos and select the best submissions.

To the Call for Videos (Deadline: July 30!) »
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The NCCR Digital Fabrication Newsletter informs on the newest research findings, upcoming events and open positions in a quarterly cycle. © 2017 NCCR Digital Fabrication

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