Join our partner conference Digital Concrete 2018!
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The 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication will be held directly before the ROB|ARCH 2018 conference, with a common plenary session between. Both conferences will bring together world-leading researchers at the forefront of new robotic technologies and digital concrete materials science. Digital Concrete 2018 will also offer PhD training courses on rheology and admixtures on September 9th.
Digital Concrete 2018: The 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication
Innovation and development as a result of ongoing research in digital fabrication with cementitious materials promise to revolutionise the world of concrete construction. Organized by the RILEM Technical Committee on Digital Fabrication with Cement-Based Materials in collaboration with the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication, the International Workshop on Digital Fabrication with Concrete in January 2017 signalized a paradigm shift in this field. Initially foreseen as a small-scale event amongst researchers, the attendance from academia, industry, and media widely exceeded all expectations, giving a clear sign for the massive interest in the topic. This conference seeks to build on this interest and provide a platform for scientific exchange about concrete and digital fabrication research.
Workshops and Conference
ETH Zurich, Switzerland, September 9–12, 2018
Confirmed Keynotes
Philippe Block, ETH Zurich
Jonas Buchli, Google Robotics, ETH Zurich
Henri Van Damme, ESPCI
Justin Dirrenberger, XtreeE
Nicolas Roussel, IFSTTAR
Joseph Schwartz, ETH Zurich
Special edition/issue of Cement and Concrete Research
Keynote and invited papers will comprehensively illustrate the state of the art of this developing field and a vision of where it is headed. These talks will be compiled within a special issue of Cement and Concrete Research, the leading scientific journal in the field. Aspects covered will include: digital fabrication processes, robotics, materials and processing science, mechanics and social, economical and ecological impact.
Peer-reviewed proceedings and online papers
Selected papers will be published in the RILEM series by Springer. Additional extended abstracts will be published online. This will constitute the first systematic broad documentation of ongoing research in this field.
ROB|ARCH 2018: Radical Cross-Disciplinarity
The advent of robotics in the creative and construction industries has led to an amazing revolution, changing not just how things are designed and made, but also transforming knowledge cultures, politics and economics that surround them. As such, the ROB|ARCH 2018 conference – hosted by the Swiss NCCR Digital Fabrication and ETH Zurich – will continue this path, developing and revealing novel insights, applications and impacts of this transformation within the scientific, creative, and entrepreneurial domains, including, for example, architecture, structural design, civil and process engineering, art and design, and robotics. A particular focus lies upon cross-disciplinary approaches and applications, providing state-of-the-art knowledge, techniques and methods of robotics not just in individual areas of exploration, but also beyond. These ideals aspire to complement the transformation processes of emerging robotic research and applications, and to redefine cross-disciplinary work in an era of global digitalisation and knowledge transfer. Key topics and issues of ROB|ARCH 2018 include autonomous control systems, advanced construction, collaborative design tools, computerised materials and structures, adaptive sensing and actuation, on-site and cooperative robotics, machine-learning, human-machine interaction, large-scale robotic fabrication and networked workflows.
Workshops and Conference
ETH Zurich, Switzerland, September 10–15, 2018
Conference Co-Chairs
Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler (ETH Zurich)
Scientific Chairs
Philippe Block (ETH Zurich)
Kendra Byrne (Figure)
Marco Hutter (ETH Zurich)
Tim Schork (University of Technology, Sydney)
Jan Willmann (Bauhaus University, Weimar)
Workshop Chair
Romana Rust (ETH Zurich)
Site Chair
Russell Loveridge (NCCR Digital Fabrication)
Coordinator
Orkun Kasap (NCCR Digital Fabrication)
Kaitlin McNally (NCCR Digital Fabrication)
Image credits
Left: Design and assembly of lightweight metal structures, 2014–2018. Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Right: Smart Dynamic Casting, 2014-2018. Gramazio Kohler Research and Chair for Physical Chemistry of Building Materials, ETH Zurich
Image credits
Left: Design and assembly of lightweight metal structures, 2014–2018. Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Right: Smart Dynamic Casting, 2014-2018. Gramazio Kohler Research and Chair for Physical Chemistry of Building Materials, ETH Zurich
