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MINOR ROBOTIC PRODUCTION & CIRCULAR MATERIALS @ ROBOTLAB
ABOUT 30 ECTS Minor Robotic Production & Circular Materials The minor 'Robotic Production & Circular Materials’ is a multidisciplinary approach to critically investigate the value of Digital Production and Circular Materials towards a more sustainable future. Together with students from a wide range of backgrounds you will explore – hands on - an iterative design process involving computational design and robotic production. Functional requirements and available materials will be considered into the design, as well as the specifics of the context. You will investigate innovative means of design to production and make impactful circular applications. In this research, you will learn and explore how these material streams can encourage more sustainable design and production solutions, leading to new business models for a circular economy, and/or other ways of addressing contemporary societal challenges.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM ROBOTIC PRODUCTION & CIRCULAR MATERIALS Because of the multidisciplinary approach, the minor consists of different lines of research, which are all integrated within the development of a final application: Digital Design, Robotic Production, Material Research and Business Modelling.
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During this minor a multidisciplinary team of tutors and experts will guide you through all aspects via lectures, online lessons, practical sessions at location, literature research, and individual/group week to week tutoring.
By understanding the intrinsic properties of your material(s), your capacity to adjust them with digital production means, and the most suitable field/market of application of your material solution, you will develop a specific design application that constitutes a 'proof-of-concept' of this integration. The design process will involve exploring different concepts, as well as developing and testing various physical prototypes. The final product will be presented at 1:1 scale in a public setting (exhibition or other) with an explicit description / explanation on how it (directly or indirectly) addresses contemporary societal challenge. Production of the prototype will be carried out with 6-axis robots at the AUAS Robot Studio.
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A MINOR @ THE AUAS ROBOT LAB DIGITAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH GROUP The Digital Production Research Group (DPRG) explores the potential impact of advanced design and manufacturing technologies (also known as ‘Digital Production’) in addressing societal challenges.Infographic by Marco Galli
The Robot Studio is the place where education, research and practice come together, in relation to three profiling themes of the Faculty of Technology: Smart Industry, Circular Transition and Designing Future Cities.
