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The screenshots of the Augmented Masonry Design research outcomes from the Fologram App on iPhone 11. Designers used different immersive design algorithms and interventions to create multi-variety brick-based structures, including brick columns (left) and brick walls (right).
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The Augmented Masonry Design project presents experimental research about developing and applying Augmented Reality (AR) technology for customized design algorithms, exploring a real-time, interactive, and spatial-free design method for the early architectural design stage. We aim to resolve the current 2D-based design limitations and provide archi...
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... Augmented Masonry Design research developed and verified an ARassisted immersive design method that successfully applies the customized design algorithms in the AR environment, exploring a real-time, interactive, and spatial-free design method in the early architectural design stage for brick structures (Figure 4). Closely practising the AR-assisted design process as well as analyzing the outcomes, it can be concluded that the proposed immersive design method does fulfil our pre-determined assumptions and offers a new way to modify design drafts and preview onsite locations through AR in real time. ...
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... On the last day, the participants were asked to play with the prepared brick-based structure AR design scripts developed by Song (Song et al., 2022) for parametric brickbased structure design. After that, participants were asked to program and operate the robotic arm for pick and place assembly remotely. ...
After experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic, remote communication became one of the key issues in almost every field and discourse. Digital fabrication is no exception, and architects hope to seek a user-friendly way for human-machine interactions. This paper presents experimental research using Augmented Reality (AR) for robotic remote programming. The research tries to develop a unique pipeline and workflow which allows users from different locations to program robots and communicate with machines through AR. A sample workflow has been tested as a series of simple brick assemblies in an online workshop with remote participants. The pipeline allows all users to be able to remotely program and control a robot in AR. For this workshop, we transform the robotic coding method from the traditional computer science way to the plugin-oriented AR visual programming way in Grasshopper. As for the physical outcomes, participants all assembled brick-based structures successfully by programming and operating the robotic arm in AR remotely at the end. Associating the interaction in AR with the robotic arm and programming it with interactive visual input methods will make it easier for architectural practitioners to simulate and control industrial robots for complex structure assembly.
... On the last day, the participants were asked to play with the prepared brick-based structure AR design scripts developed by Song (Song et al., 2022) for parametric brickbased structure design. After that, participants were asked to program and operate the robotic arm for pick and place assembly remotely. ...
