an interactive robotic installation
for CODE_n designed by
Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram
From March 5-20, 2015 the custom ROBOCHOP app allowed users around the world to remotely command one of four giant robotic arms and instruct it to grab and sculpt a prefabricated 40 x 40 x 40 cm durable foam cube using an external hot wire tool.
CODE_n 15 is now closed. We intend to run the robots again at some time in the future. If there is a chance to produce your design, you will receive a further email.
ROBOCHOP envisions a not so distant future where smart systems empower citizens to directly engage with heavy industrial fabrication technology without obstacles or intermediaries to create the exact item they want.
ROBOCHOP is Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram’s second venture into robotics since the award winning OUTRACE installation was hosted on Trafalgar Square during the 2010 London Design Festival.
As pioneered with their previous BREEDING TABLES project, the designers have coded an application that takes into account all limitations and process parameters of a given material’s physical properties and dimensions to allow users complete creative freedom within this range. The system allows the piece to go into production, giving users the choice to design anything from stools to side tables through to abstract sculptural pieces.
Using ROBOCHOP internet users around the world as well as visitors on site at CODE_n in Hall 16 during CeBit 2015 in Hanover, Germany were able to design and fabricate a piece of furniture in real time using a web application connected to the ROBOCHOP installation.
ROBOCHOP produced 2,000 blocks during the week of operation at CODE_n 15 in Hanover March 16-20, 2015.
The installation is commissioned by GFT Technologies AG and supported by CeBIT, EY, Salesforce, Accenture, EnBW, KUKA and TRUMPF.
www.kramweisshaar.com
www.code-n.org
www.gft.com
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