Advanced Robotic Fabrication - Bat House
Animal House was a seminar that involved the designing and prototyping of a habitat for selected endangered animal species that inhabit land, air and sea. It focused on full scale prototyping in the Robot House, utilizing the robotic arms in combination with the industrial PLA extruder.
The course focused specifically on product design (with a strong SCI-FI narrative) by designing an animal shelter for extreme environmental conditions. The goal was to propose design concepts and develop novel fabrication techniques using a high speed, high strength PLA extruder and a robot arm to produce full scale prototypes of their Animal Houses.
The Bat House is designed for a Little Brown Bat and its corresponding environment.
The design functions conceptually as survival capsules; providing protection and insulating against hostile predators and environmental concerns.
The design considers concepts of habitation, comfort, and survival as they relate directly to the bats and their habitat, feeding habits, threats and prey.
Instructors: Herwig Baumgartner, Garret Santo
Team: Asmaa Abu Assaf, Ruquia Akter, Gun Srisawat, Wei-Tse Yan
Spring 2019
