Architectural Robotics

Architectural Robotics
Making the Built Environment Intelligent and Adaptable

Keith Evan Green (Architecture/ECE) and Ian D. Walker (ECE)
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C o u r s e D o c u m e n t s

Our Course Schedule indicates particular texts to be read in anticipation of each class session. Below are links to all of these texts, in downloadable pdf format. Please consult the Syllabus or Course Schedule for the precise weekly scheduling of the readings.

Useful References:

Arduino software download (free) and Arduino homepage

O�Sullivan, D. and Igoe, T. Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the World with Computers. Cambridge, MA: Thomson, 2004.

A s s i g n e d R e a d i n g s:

� Angier, Natalie. �In an Age of Robots, One to Clean the House? Still but a Dream .� The New York Times (November 25, 2008).

� ARCHIBOTS workshop site (see http://www.archibots.org/).

� Banzi, M. Getting Started with Arduino . Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly/MAKE.

� Breazeal, C. "Social Interactions in HRI: The Robot View ." IEEE Transactions in Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol. 34, no. 2 May 2004, pp. 181-186.

� Diana, Carla. �How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hackers ,� interactions (March and April, 2008), pp. 44-48.

� Feil-Seifer, D. and Mataric, M. �Defining Socially Assistive Robotics .� Proceedings of the 2005 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, June 28-July 1, 2005, Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 465-468.

� Fong, T., Nourbakhsh I. and Dautenhahn, K. �A survey of socially interactive robots .� Robotics and Autonomous Systems 42 (2003) pp. 143-166.

� Frayling, C. Research in Art and Design . Royal College of Art Research Papers 1, 1 (1993): 1-5.

� Green, K. E. Architectural Robotics: Ecosystems of Bits, Bytes and Biology. Cambridge, MA: [in press] chapters 1-2 and 12, chapters 6-8 , figures and tables .

� Gr�nvall, E., Kinch, S., Graves Petersen, M. and Rasmussen, M. K. "Causing commotion with a shape-changing bench: experiencing shape-changing interfaces in use." In Proceedings of CHI '14, the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, 2559-2568.

� Ishii, H., Lakatos, D., Bonanni, L. and Labrune, J-B. �Radical Atoms: Beyond Tangible Bits, Toward Transformable Materials .� Interactions (January + February, 2012), pp. 38-51.

� Jolliffe, Daniel. �Arduino Fever ,� Make Volume 7, pp. 52-53.

� Lewis F.L., et. al., Robotics, Chapter 14, CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 14-1-14-111, 2005. part-1 ; part-2 .

� McComb, G. "Making Robots with the Arduino ." Servo (02/2011) pp. 67-75.

� Mitchell, William, J. "Computers for Living in" in e-topia. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2000, chapter 4.

� Moss, Frank. �Our High-Tech Health-Care Future .� The New York Times (November 9, 2011).

� Negroponte, N. �Intelligent Environments ,� Soft Architecture Machines, Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1975.

� Superstudio. �Invention Design and Evasion Design ,� J. Ockman, Architecture Culture 1943-1968. NY: Rizzoli, 1993, pp. 437-441.

� McHale, J. �Man Plus ,� The Future of the Future. NY: George Braziller, 1969.

� Oosterhuis, K. Hyperbodies: Towards an e-motive Architecture . Basel: Birkhauser, 2003.

� Pask, G., "The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics ," Architectural Design, (September, 1969), pp.494-496.

� Read, J. and Markopoulos, P. Evaluating Children�s Interactive Technology [course notes]. CHI 2011.

� Spong, M. W., Hutchinson W. and Vidyasagar, W. Robot Modeling and Control , NY: Wiley, 2005.

� These three articles from The Singularity: Special Report, IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 45, No. 6, June 2008:
-- Zorpette, G. "The Rapture of the Geeks",� pp. 34-35.
-- Nordmann, A. �Singluar Simplicity ,� pp. 60-63.
-- Brooks, R. �I, Rodney Brooks, Am a Robot ,� pp. 71-75.

� Thompson, Clive. �Build It. Share It. Profit. Can Open Source Hardware Work?� WIRED (October 20, 2008).

� Trevelyan, J. �Redefining Robots for the New Millennium ,� The International Journal of Robotics Research 1999, 18, pp. 1211-1223.

� Trivedi, D., Rahn, C. D., Kier, W. M. and Walker, I. D. �Soft robotics: Biological inspiration, state of the art, and future research ,� Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 2008, pp. 99�117.

� Tufekci, Z. "Why 'Smart' Objects May Be a Dumb Idea ." New York Times (August 10, 2015).

� Walker, I.D. �Continuous Backbone �Continuum� Robot Manipulators.� ISRN Robotics, Vol. 2013, July 2013, pp. 1-19.

� Weller, Michael P. and Yi-Luen Do, Ellen. �Architectural Robotics: A New Paradigm for the Built Environ ment,� EuropIA.11: 11th International Conference on Design Sciences & Technology, 2007.

� Yim, M., Shen, W., Salemi, B., Rus, D., Moll, M., Lipson, H., Klavins, E. and Chirikjian, G. (2007) �Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems; Challenges and Opportunities for the Future ,'' IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, March, 2007.

� Zimmerman, J., Forlizzi, J. and Evenson, J. �Research through Design as a Methodfor Interaction Design Research in HCI.� In Proceedings of CHI '07, the ACM
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, 493-502.



C o u r s e S y l l a b u s p d f C o u r s e S c h e d u l e C o u r s e B l o g				Architectural Robotics Making the Built Environment Intelligent and Adaptable Keith Evan Green (Architecture/ECE) and Ian D. Walker (ECE) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C o u r s e D o c u m e n t s Our Course Schedule indicates particular texts to be read in anticipation of each class session. Below are links to all of these texts, in downloadable pdf format. Please consult the Syllabus or Course Schedule for the precise weekly scheduling of the readings. Useful References: Arduino software download (free) and Arduino homepage O�Sullivan, D. and Igoe, T. Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the World with Computers. Cambridge, MA: Thomson, 2004. A s s i g n e d R e a d i n g s: � Angier, Natalie. �In an Age of Robots, One to Clean the House? Still but a Dream .� The New York Times (November 25, 2008). � ARCHIBOTS workshop site (see http://www.archibots.org/). � Banzi, M. Getting Started with Arduino . Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly/MAKE. � Breazeal, C. "Social Interactions in HRI: The Robot View ." IEEE Transactions in Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol. 34, no. 2 May 2004, pp. 181-186. � Diana, Carla. �How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hackers ,� interactions (March and April, 2008), pp. 44-48. � Feil-Seifer, D. and Mataric, M. �Defining Socially Assistive Robotics .� Proceedings of the 2005 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, June 28-July 1, 2005, Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 465-468. � Fong, T., Nourbakhsh I. and Dautenhahn, K. �A survey of socially interactive robots .� Robotics and Autonomous Systems 42 (2003) pp. 143-166. � Frayling, C. Research in Art and Design . Royal College of Art Research Papers 1, 1 (1993): 1-5. � Green, K. E. Architectural Robotics: Ecosystems of Bits, Bytes and Biology. Cambridge, MA: [in press] chapters 1-2 and 12, chapters 6-8 , figures and tables . � Gr�nvall, E., Kinch, S., Graves Petersen, M. and Rasmussen, M. K. "Causing commotion with a shape-changing bench: experiencing shape-changing interfaces in use." In Proceedings of CHI '14, the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, 2559-2568. � Ishii, H., Lakatos, D., Bonanni, L. and Labrune, J-B. �Radical Atoms: Beyond Tangible Bits, Toward Transformable Materials .� Interactions (January + February, 2012), pp. 38-51. � Jolliffe, Daniel. �Arduino Fever ,� Make Volume 7, pp. 52-53. � Lewis F.L., et. al., Robotics, Chapter 14, CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 14-1-14-111, 2005. part-1 ; part-2 . � McComb, G. "Making Robots with the Arduino ." Servo (02/2011) pp. 67-75. � Mitchell, William, J. "Computers for Living in" in e-topia. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2000, chapter 4. � Moss, Frank. �Our High-Tech Health-Care Future .� The New York Times (November 9, 2011). � Negroponte, N. �Intelligent Environments ,� Soft Architecture Machines, Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1975. � Superstudio. �Invention Design and Evasion Design ,� J. Ockman, Architecture Culture 1943-1968. NY: Rizzoli, 1993, pp. 437-441. � McHale, J. �Man Plus ,� The Future of the Future. NY: George Braziller, 1969. � Oosterhuis, K. Hyperbodies: Towards an e-motive Architecture . Basel: Birkhauser, 2003. � Pask, G., "The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics ," Architectural Design, (September, 1969), pp.494-496. � Read, J. and Markopoulos, P. Evaluating Children�s Interactive Technology [course notes]. CHI 2011. � Spong, M. W., Hutchinson W. and Vidyasagar, W. Robot Modeling and Control , NY: Wiley, 2005. � These three articles from The Singularity: Special Report, IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 45, No. 6, June 2008: -- Zorpette, G. "The Rapture of the Geeks",� pp. 34-35. -- Nordmann, A. �Singluar Simplicity ,� pp. 60-63. -- Brooks, R. �I, Rodney Brooks, Am a Robot ,� pp. 71-75. � Thompson, Clive. �Build It. Share It. Profit. Can Open Source Hardware Work?� WIRED (October 20, 2008). � Trevelyan, J. �Redefining Robots for the New Millennium ,� The International Journal of Robotics Research 1999, 18, pp. 1211-1223. � Trivedi, D., Rahn, C. D., Kier, W. M. and Walker, I. D. �Soft robotics: Biological inspiration, state of the art, and future research ,� Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 2008, pp. 99�117. � Tufekci, Z. "Why 'Smart' Objects May Be a Dumb Idea ." New York Times (August 10, 2015). � Walker, I.D. �Continuous Backbone �Continuum� Robot Manipulators.� ISRN Robotics, Vol. 2013, July 2013, pp. 1-19. � Weller, Michael P. and Yi-Luen Do, Ellen. �Architectural Robotics: A New Paradigm for the Built Environ ment,� EuropIA.11: 11th International Conference on Design Sciences & Technology, 2007. � Yim, M., Shen, W., Salemi, B., Rus, D., Moll, M., Lipson, H., Klavins, E. and Chirikjian, G. (2007) �Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems; Challenges and Opportunities for the Future ,'' IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, March, 2007. � Zimmerman, J., Forlizzi, J. and Evenson, J. �Research through Design as a Methodfor Interaction Design Research in HCI.� In Proceedings of CHI '07, the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, 493-502.