Curves and CO2 Reduction Coexist in Chicago’s Colossal Concrete Installation by Zach Mortice Can concrete designs be expressive and carbon-conserving? Yes, say the architects of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial’s Stereoform Slab Pavilion, which showcases concrete’s potential for both curves and CO2 reduction.
Architecture 6 Ways Smart Technologies Are Changing the Conversation About Architecture by Rosa Trieu
Architecture A Futuristic Building Tests Agile Design—While Its Residents Actually Live There by Friederike Voigt
Ideas & Vision Will a Smarter Social Safety Net Help People Survive the Age of Automation? by Andrew Anagnost, Autodesk CEO
Construction This Bricklaying Robot Is Changing the Future of Construction by Rina Diane Caballar Human workers were laying brick as early as 7000 BC; for this millennium, Australian company FBR has created a bricklaying robot to do the job better, safer, and more efficiently.
Manufacturing Robots on the Rise: 5 Examples of Innovations in Industrial Robotics by Mark Smith From picking fruit to driving architectural progress, innovations in industrial robotics could launch a new machine age—one that could help humanity solve some of its biggest challenges.
Manufacturing Dancing With Robots Shows the Real Power Dynamic Between Humans and Machines by Peter Dorfman Discover how ballet dancing with robots, as part of an innovative art installation, challenges existing fears and assumptions about human-machine relations.
Manufacturing A Bionic Man: Hugh Herr Strides Forward on Next-Generation Robotic Legs by The Future of Making Hugh Herr’s robotic legs are next-generation, sensor-driven prosthetics. Follow his journey, starting from a local machine shop, hacking together custom prostheses from rubber, metal, and wood.
Manufacturing Grasping the Future of Machine Learning and Cloud Robotics With Ken Goldberg by Markkus Rovito Meet Ken Goldberg, the UC Berkeley engineering professor whose machine-learning research is laying the groundwork for a new era of intelligent robots.