ABSTRACT
The research into robotic timber assembly serves as a breeding ground for assembly- and material-aware construction methods that provide new opportunities for architecture and construction. The precise spatial positioning of wooden components represents the possibility of an innovative industrial procedure with a high degree of building precision, which can be manufactured without additional formwork or supports. Gluing is the main connection technology for the construction system because it can be fully integrated into a robotic fabrication process. The new status of research in the area of digital fabrication of complex timber structures is limited mainly to the improvement in geometry and mechanical processing of components. The fundamental element of the constructive system is the expanded node. Regarding fabrication and assembly of nodes, the complexity increases with the number of bars meeting at one point. The proposed geometric expansion of the node reduces the complexity and allows a simple sequential joining process.
