DIGITAL TO
PHYSICAL

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