03 / PROJECT CATEGORY
DIGITAL TO
PHYSICAL
Bridging the digital and the material — autonomous robotic assembly, CNC milling, and fabrication workflows that translate computational geometry into physical structures.
SCOPE
ROBOTICS / FABRICATION
TOOLS
CLEARPATH · UR ROBOT · CNC
MEDIA
10 ENTRIES
01 · 2024
ROBOTIC STONE ASSEMBLY
Mobile robotic platform autonomously assembling dry-stone structures using computer vision and spatial mapping.
CLEARPATH ROVER · AUTONOMOUS ASSEMBLY · STONE
02 · 2024
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Full overhead documentation of the robotic workspace — rover, arm, fiducial markers and material staging.
AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION · SETUP
03 · 2024
PROCESS ANIMATION I
Animated path-planning simulation showing approach, grasp, and placement sequences.
SIMULATION · PATH PLANNING
04 · 2024
STRUCTURAL STUDIES
Close study of the assembled stone compositions — balance, mass distribution and joint geometry.
DRY-STONE · MATERIAL RESEARCH
05 · 2024
PROCESS ANIMATION II
Pick-and-place animation capturing the end-effector trajectory during live assembly.
ROBOTIC MOTION · PICK & PLACE
06 · 2024
MATERIAL DETAIL
Macro documentation of the raw stone surfaces — texture, fracture lines and load-bearing joints.
STONE TEXTURE · CLOSE-UP
07 · 2023
ROBOTIC MILLING
Universal Robots arm programmed to mill wave-topographies into timber panels — digital surface to physical material.
UR ROBOT · CNC MILLING · WOOD
08 · 2024
ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE
Mid-assembly frame with the Clearpath rover in position behind the partially-built structure.
STONE PLACEMENT · IN PROGRESS
09 · 2024
TOOL PATH PROCESS
Real-time tool-path animation showing the custom end-effector moving through the assembly sequence.
END-EFFECTOR · MOTION PATH
10 · 2024
FINAL STRUCTURE
Completed dry-stone structure — built without adhesive, relying entirely on robotic precision for stability.
COMPLETED ASSEMBLY · STONE