Toward autonomous architecture: The convergence of digital design, robotics, and the built environment

Vijay M Pawar; Robert Stuart-Smith; Peter Scully

doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aan3686

Toward autonomous architecture: The convergence of digital design, robotics, and the built environment

Sci Robot. 2017 Apr 26;2(5):eaan3686. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan3686.

Authors

Vijay M Pawar¹, Robert Stuart-Smith^{2

3}, Peter Scully⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL), London, U.K.
² Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL), London, U.K. r.stuart-smith@ucl.ac.uk.
³ Department of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6311, USA.
⁴ Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, U.K.

PMID: 33157895
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan3686

Abstract

The way we design, construct, and inhabit buildings is changing-moving toward greater integration of robotic and autonomous systems that challenge our preconceived notions of how buildings are made, what they are, or what they should be.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't