ABSTRACT
By focusing on additive processes Gramazio Kohler Research attempt to avoid many of the wasteful approaches to digital fabrication, which have been the norm not the exception for the past ten years. By loading the KR150 L110 into a shipping container they have, however, freed the robot from its warehouse and are now able to be deployed on site anywhere in the world. To date the robot has traveled to a site in rural Switzerland, to New York City, and for this installation, to Venice. By taking digital fabrication equipment on site, Gramazio Kohler Research have expanded the realm of possibilities for how digital fabrication can redefine conventional construction processes. Gramazio Kohler Research have worked to develop other types of on-site robots, which include a KUKA robot attached to a pair of tank treads and flock or fleet of radio controlled quadcopters.
