A Robotic Fabrication Methodology for Dovetail and Finger Jointing: An Accessible & Bespoke Digital Fabrication Process for Robotically-Milled Dovetail & Finger Joints (2017)
article⁄A Robotic Fabrication Methodology for Dovetail and Finger Jointing: An Accessible & Bespoke Digital Fabrication Process for Robotically-Milled Dovetail & Finger Joints (2017)
abstract⁄Since the advent of industrialized processes in modern construction industries, the development of and relationship between computeraided tools of design and computercontrolled tools of fabrication has steadily yielded new and innovative construction methodologies. Whilst industry has adopted many of these innovations for use by highly efficient machines and flexible processes, their operation is often highly dependent on industrial scales of production, and thus often inaccessible for smallscale, bespoke and affordable application.The prototype integrated joint milling methodology, case study and opensource software plugin ‘Dove’ presented in this paper, explores the efficacy of algorithmic processes in dynamically generating complex tooling paths and machine code for fabrication of bespoke dovetail and finger joints on a 6axis industrial robot. The versatility, speed and precision of 6axis robotic milling, allows us to liberate the efficiency, integrity and aesthetic of the dovetail and finger joint types from traditional application, and apply them to new architectures involving masscustomisation, complex form, and diverse materialities. In the development of fullimmersion milling toolpaths and backface filleting techniques that drastically reduce cutting times, tool path complexity and material waste, this study seeks to build upon past and current research by proposing a comparatively simple, efficient and more intuitive approach to roboticallyfabricated integrated jointing for application at a variety of scales.
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| Year |
2017 |
| Authors |
Page, Mitchell. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 2017: DISCIPLINES & DISRUPTION |
| Pages |
456-463 |
| Library link |
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| Entry filename |
robotic-fabrication-methodology-dovetail-finger-jointing |
