Let’s see what the academic field is doing. Crazy, Nonsensical, but FUN!
Robotic Construction
Additive Manufacturing
Structure Optimization
| Area | Organization | Link |
| Additive Manufacturing; Structure Optimization | Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay (France) Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann, CNRS, Université Grenoble-Alpes (France) SIMaP, Université Grenoble-Alpes (France) | Allaire, G., Dapogny, C., Estevez, R., Faure, A. and Michailidis, G., 2017. Structural optimization under overhang constraints imposed by additive manufacturing technologies. Journal of Computational Physics, 351, pp.295-328. |
Computational Design
Topology Optimization
Path Planning
| Area | Organization | Link |
| Topology Optimization | School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (China) Department of Engineering, University of Exeter (UK) | Zheng, N., Zhai, X., Jiang, J. and Chen, F., 2024. Topology Optimization of Self-Supporting Structures for Additive Manufacturing Via Implicit B-Spline Representations. Computer-Aided Design, p.103745. |
| Path Planning | School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (China) | Zhai, X. and Chen, F., 2019. Path planning of a type of porous structures for additive manufacturing. Computer-Aided Design, 115, pp.218-230. |
| Assembly | CMU (master thesis) | Wei, J., Responsive Robotic Assembly with Heterogeneous Raw Wood (Doctoral dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University). |
Sustainable construction
| https://selfassemblylab.mit.edu/about |