Mobile Additive Manufacturing: A Case Study of Clay Formwork for Bespoke in Situ Concrete Construction

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Authors

  • Gido Dielemans
  • Lukas Lachmayer
  • Tobias Recker
  • Lidia Atanasova
  • Christian Maximilian Hechtl
  • Carla Matthäus
  • Annika Raatz
  • Kathrin Dörfler

External Research Organisations

  • Technical University of Munich (TUM)
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRILEM Bookseries
EditorsProf. Richard Buswell, Dr. Ana Blanco, Prof. Sergio Cavalaro, Dr. Peter Kinnell
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages15-21
Number of pages7
ISBN (electronic)978-3-031-06116-5
ISBN (print)978-3-031-06115-8
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameRILEM Bookseries
Volume37
ISSN (Print)2211-0844
ISSN (electronic)2211-0852

Abstract

The in situ production of concrete building components with Additive Manufacturing (AM) provides new possibilities in design and function. Current deployable solutions are often stationary gantry systems, which need to increase in size with the constructed object. This research aims to address this issue by using mobile robotic systems for in situ AM instead, which can manufacture structures that exceed their static work range. However, where stationary AM systems inherently exhibit a high level of accuracy, mobile AM systems must be context-aware through onboard sensing and therefore pose a significant research challenge in their deployment and operation. A case study is performed with a mobile AM system using a print-drive-print approach for the sequential fabrication of a 1:1 scale clay formwork of a bespoke, reinforced, and lightweight-concrete column, on which this paper presents first results. A two-tiered system is applied and validated, with initial global localization through 2D SLAM, and a second refinement relative to the work piece through a 2D scanner fitted at the end-effector.

Keywords

    Additive manufacturing, Architecture and digital fabrication, Clay formwork, Extrusion 3D printing, Mobile robotics

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Mobile Additive Manufacturing: A Case Study of Clay Formwork for Bespoke in Situ Concrete Construction. / Dielemans, Gido; Lachmayer, Lukas; Recker, Tobias et al.
RILEM Bookseries. ed. / Prof. Richard Buswell; Dr. Ana Blanco; Prof. Sergio Cavalaro; Dr. Peter Kinnell. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2022. p. 15-21 (RILEM Bookseries; Vol. 37).

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Dielemans, G, Lachmayer, L, Recker, T, Atanasova, L, Hechtl, CM, Matthäus, C, Raatz, A & Dörfler, K 2022, Mobile Additive Manufacturing: A Case Study of Clay Formwork for Bespoke in Situ Concrete Construction. in PR Buswell, DA Blanco, PS Cavalaro & DP Kinnell (eds), RILEM Bookseries. RILEM Bookseries, vol. 37, Springer Science and Business Media B.V., pp. 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06116-5_3
Dielemans, G., Lachmayer, L., Recker, T., Atanasova, L., Hechtl, C. M., Matthäus, C., Raatz, A., & Dörfler, K. (2022). Mobile Additive Manufacturing: A Case Study of Clay Formwork for Bespoke in Situ Concrete Construction. In P. R. Buswell, D. A. Blanco, P. S. Cavalaro, & D. P. Kinnell (Eds.), RILEM Bookseries (pp. 15-21). (RILEM Bookseries; Vol. 37). Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06116-5_3
Dielemans G, Lachmayer L, Recker T, Atanasova L, Hechtl CM, Matthäus C et al. Mobile Additive Manufacturing: A Case Study of Clay Formwork for Bespoke in Situ Concrete Construction. In Buswell PR, Blanco DA, Cavalaro PS, Kinnell DP, editors, RILEM Bookseries. Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2022. p. 15-21. (RILEM Bookseries). Epub 2022 Jun 25. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-06116-5_3
Dielemans, Gido ; Lachmayer, Lukas ; Recker, Tobias et al. / Mobile Additive Manufacturing : A Case Study of Clay Formwork for Bespoke in Situ Concrete Construction. RILEM Bookseries. editor / Prof. Richard Buswell ; Dr. Ana Blanco ; Prof. Sergio Cavalaro ; Dr. Peter Kinnell. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2022. pp. 15-21 (RILEM Bookseries).
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