5-10 Oct. Henriette Bier participates in Erasmus + exchange at the University of Palermo

Thursday 5th (workshop)

Workshop with staff members to ‘reinforce the cooperation with the partner institution; create spin-off effects like curriculum development; development of joint courses or modules; academic networks and research collaboration’: Advancing education and research on new technologies in architecture as a multi-disciplinary collaborative field.

Friday 6th (lecture and seminar)

Dottorato di Ricerca AAP/PSAD (https://www.unipa.it/dipartimenti/architettura/dottorati/architetturaartiepianificazione): New approaches to architectural materialization: Considering materiality and architecture at multiple scales (with focus on Rhizome 2.0 https://roboticbuilding.tudelft.nl/project/rhizome-2-0/).

Monday 9th (meeting)

Prof. Silvio Rotolo (https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/r/silvio.rotolo/) discussion on the volcanic geology of Sicily and in particular its caves (with focus on ESA-funded projects (https://roboticbuilding.tudelft.nl/projects/rhizome-development-of-an-autarkic-design-to-robotic-production-and-operation-system-for-building-off-earth-habitats/ and https://roboticbuilding.tudelft.nl/project/rhizome-2-0/)

Tuesday 10th (workshop)

Laboratorio di biomateriali e componenti per il design (prof. Simona Colaianni) Corso di Laurea Magistrale in DESIGN E CULTURA DEL TERRITORIO: New materials and techniques for the robotic production processes in multi-material and -component design (with focus on BcPP https://roboticbuilding.tudelft.nl/project/d2rp-for-product-from-landscape-microruin-lab/).

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6th June, 13:00h, Dr Jordan H. Boyle lectures on Towards Biorobotic Builders in Room Y (08.02.West.560)

Dr Jordan H. Boyle, University of Leeds

Towards Biorobotic Builders

Abstract
Bio-Robotic Builders takes inspiration from the capabilities and approach of termites. Swarms of fully-autonomous mobile robots operating under decentralised control would cooperate to build arbitrarily large structures. In contrast to robotic building systems based around industrial robot arms, the use of mobile robots unlocks unlimited build envelopes.