Robotic City by Mayra Lopez

Robotic City The Library of Speculations

Robotic City, the Library of Speculations is a research in which we imagine the future of technologies and how those could change the planet and the way we inhabit our cities.

Table of Contents

Intro

p. 6

The robotization of our planet 1.1

Why a robotic city?

1.2

Why a library of speculations?

1.3

Why a vision?

Robotic Fascinations

Robots Today 2.1

Cloud of Facts

2.2

List of Facts

Catalog of Applications

A collection of ongoing and future applications 3.1

What makes a robot?

3.2

Robotic Neufert

3.3

Robotic Neufert +

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4.1

Robotic Scenarios

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Auto4.1.1

City on demand Josef Odvรกrka

4.1.2

Self-expanding city Guanlong Zhou, Ilkim Er & Isabella Del Grandi

4.1.3

City of Consumerism Andrea Gentilini

4.1.4

City of Production Flows David Poloch

4.2

Robo4.2.1

City of Abundance Mohit Chaugule

4.2.2

Prosthetic City [Enhanced] Rahul Pudale

4.2.3

Porous City Sherine Zein

4.2.4

City of Anticipation Shiyu Zhang

4.2.5

D.I.Y City Kelly Best

4.2.6

Ego Mobility City ร aglar Gokbulut, Francesca Martellono & Yayun Liu

4.2.7

City of Maximum Desires Tingyu Zeng

4.2.8

Productive Landscape Seda Tugutlu

4.3

Nano4.3.1

Adaptive Fabric Çaglar Gokbulut, Francesca Martellono & Yayun Liu

4.3.2

Climate Bunker City Koen Hoogeveen

4.3.3

City of Events Silvia Davoli

4.3.4

Eternal City Guanlong Zhou, Ilkim Er & Isabella Del Grandi

4.3.5

(Non)Stop City Çaglar Gokbulut, Francesca Martellono & Yayun Liu

4.3.6

Lightweight City Mayra López

4.3.7

Cloud City Chiara Dall’Olio

4.3.8

City of maximum energy Livia Bonciarelli

4.3.9

Recyclable City Guanlong Zhou, Ilkim Er & Isabella Del Grandi

4.3.10

Ultimate Robotic City Elif Goxde Oztoprak

4.4

Geno4.4.1

Bio-robotic Skin Arianna Balboni

4.4.2

Pipe Ivy City Filippo Fiorani

4.4.3

Perfect Weather City Magdalena Nalepa

4.4.4

Healthy City Nicola Patelli

4.4.5

Sukkah City Chenghuai Zhou

Implications The pluses and minuses of the robotic city

5.1

Reflections

5.2

Interview with Willy Muller

Outro

p. 6

Towards a robotic metabolism

p. 6

Credits

p. 6

8.1

The Why Factory

8.2

Contributors

8.3

Image Credits

8.4

Credits

Intro The Robotization of our Planet

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Intro to Robotization The Why Factory is a global think-tank that explores possibilities for the development of our cities by focusing on the production of models and visualizations for cities of the future. The Robotic City seminar developed a Library of Robotic speculations imagining the future of technologies and how those could change the planet and the way we inhabit our cities because we believe that technology is an important component in the future of humanity and urban planning. From pop culture to scientific research and applications, we have mapped the evolution and advances of robotic technologies and the place they take in our cities in order to develop a library of speculations. This library is composed of future potential scenarios- from utopian to dystopian, from near to far future, from auto-, robo-,

Intro

nano-, to geno. We have produced a series of design visions exploring what are the potentials and spatial implications of the robotic city in order to develop unique and cutting edge narratives and future urban scenarios. We have tested those scenarios on existing situations. How they change the form of the streets, infrastructure, houses, urban blocks, neighborhoods, landscapes, etc.? How do they redefine build forms, leisure, mobility, public space, etc.?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;A vision is, in a way what happens between a question mark and a proposal. It asks the big questions and then paints an image for the future with its answer. Most importantly, it is a dream for the city and for its spatial translation that offers a long term, cohesive, seductive, and strong perspective for future societies. It is part curiosity, part exploration, and part a real problem solving. The role of the visionary is to guide, and direct the course for this increasingly urban world.â&#x20AC;? Winy Maas

From pop culture to scientific research and applications, this is a map of the evolution and advances of robotic technologies and the place they take in our cities. We explore and dissect web pages, press articles, blogs, scientific papers, etc. to collect facts, figures, quotes and questions related to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;robotizationâ&#x20AC;? of our planet.

Robotic Fascinations Robots Today

2.1

Cloud of Facts A map of robotic evolution

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Shaping the Cloud The Cloud of Facts is a collection of the current situation of applied robotics and how this field will evolve in the future. When approaching the task of classifying and making sense of the amount of information provided by the internet, three different parameters were applied to shape the cloud: time, field of application and anatomy of the referenced robots. When making reference to time, the facts were classified depending on the moment in which each robot could start being in use. Many facts were related to ongoing research and current innovations, while other made reference to utopian futures of complete automation of cities. Thus generating a predictive timeline for robots. The second parameter refers to the layer of the city that would be affected by the implementation of each fact. For this, the base of layers was taken from the Anato-

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my of the Habitat graph developed as part of City Protocols in IAAC, in which the city is depicted and described as a sum of layers: environment, infrastructure, nodes, applications and people. Lastly, the third parameter taken into account was the robotic evolution slider that describes the anatomy of the robots and their inherent characteristics.

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ETHICAL

The government plans to set ethical guidelines concerning the roles and functions of robots as robots are expected to develop strong intelligence in the near future,â&#x20AC;? the ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6425927.stm

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SERVICES/FACILITIES

Hans Moravec, founder of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, predicts that robots will emerge as their own species by 2040. “They could replace us in every essential task and, in principle,operate our society increasingly well without us,” he concludes, oddly cheery.

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/20-things-you-didntknow-about-robots/

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WORK/LABOUR

In the U.S., the report said that it costs nearly $25 an hour for a human to spot weld while a robot costs only $8 an hour.

http://fortune.com/2015/11/06/five-fascinating-facts-robotics-market/

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DOMESTIC

The Ministry of Information and Communication has also predicted that every South Korean household will have a robot by between 2015 and 2020.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6425927.stm

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SERVICES/FACILITIES

For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have built micro-robots as small as bacteria. Their purpose is to help cure human beings. They can only be observed under a microscope because, at a total length of 25 to 60 µm, they are almost as small as natural flagellated bacteria. Most are between 5 and 15 µm long, a few are more than 20 µm. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085333. htm

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DOMESTIC

Robot will be a household must-have item in South Korea between 2015-2020.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/world/asia/02robot.html?_ r=0

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WORK/LABOUR

Robots could replace one fourth of all U.S. combat soldiers by 2030, according to statements made in January by U.S. Army Gen. Robert Cone. It’s an effort by the U.S. Army to become “a smaller, more lethal, deployable and agile force.” The robots may be able to do everything from dismantling land mines to engaging in front-line combat. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/9-jobs-robots-already-dobetter-than-you-2014-01-27

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PRODUCTION/AGRICULTURE

In the future, robots are believed to be a solution to help meet the worldwide food demands.

http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-07/8-farmingsolution-help-stop-world-hunger

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SERVICES/FACILITIES

Carbon fibre and robots could create a fourth industrial revolution. Carbon fibre is architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest untapped resource according to architect and researcher Achim Menges, who claims that robots could be programmed to build stadium roofs using the fibrous building material.

http://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/09/carbon-fibre-robotic-production

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Wall-Ye V.I.N Robot

Stockroom Worker

SIGA Robots

Robot Menagerie

Mini-Maker

Canadarm

Micro Robots

MakrShakr

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Bomb squad

Roomba, i-robot

Asimo - Honda

Kuka

Drone builder

Rover on Mars

Driverless Car

Bipedal Robot

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Images 1. Wall Ye V.I.N Robot http://spectrum.ieee.org/slideshow/geek-life/tools-toys/icandy-a-look-inside 2. Stockroom Worker http://www.marketwatch.com/story/9-jobs-robots-already-do-better-than-you-2014-01-27 3. Bomb Squad http://www.marketwatch.com/story/9-jobs-robots-already-do-better-than-you-2014-01-27 4.Asimo Hondo http://www.gq.com.mx/maquinas/gadgets/articulos/asimo-robot-inteligente-honda-visita-mexico/3135 5. SIGA Robots http://www.idmind.pt/markets/services 6. Mini Maker http://www.creativeapplications.net/environment/minibuilders-small-robots-x-large-sculptures 7. Roomba i-Robot http://www.irobot.com/For-the-Home/Vacuuming/Roomba.aspx 8. Kuka http://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/09/carbon-fibre-robotic-production-fourth-industrial-revolution-university-stuttgart-achim-menges 9. Robot Menagerie http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/technology_robot_menagerie/html/9. stm 10. Canadarm http://space.gizmodo.com/a-robotic-arm-in-space-mixes-brawn-and-beauty-1578339311 11. Drone Builder http://insideunmannedsystems.com/building-enthusiasm-for-construction-robotics 12. Rover on Mars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover 13. Microbots https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085333.htm 14. MakrShakr http://www.marketwatch.com/story/9-jobs-robots-already-do-better-than-you-2014-01-27 15. Google Self Driving Car https://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar 16. Bipedal Robot http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/shaft-demos-new-bipedal-robot-in-japan

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2.2

List of Facts Index

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Facts About Robots LAYERS: Work / Labour Mobility Construction Domestic / Housing Metabolic Infrastructure Industry / Agriculture Services / Facitlities Economy Social / Ethics / Governance

More than a million industrial robots are now in use, nearly half of them in Japan. http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-robots/

Bristol Robotics Laboratory created robots that use bacteria-filled fuel cells to produce electricity from rotten apples and dead flies. http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-robots/

Hans Moravec predicts that robots will emerge as their own species and operate our society increasingly well. http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-robots/

It is expected that the robot market will rise from $32 billion to $83 billion by 2020. http://fortune.com/2015/11/06/five-fascinating-facts-robotics-market/

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A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 80% of Americans think their job will still exist in 50 years, and only 11% of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workers were worried about losing their job to automation. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-wright-robots-jobs-data-mining-20160328story.html

By 2018, approximately 1.3 million industrial robots will be entering service in factories around the world, according to the International Federation of Robotics. http://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2016/03/03/global-industrial-robot-population-setto-reach-1-3-million-by-2018-says-ifr/3159/

China bought 57,000 robots in 2014, representing a quarter of all robots sold worldwide. This is second year in the row that China led the world in buying robots as it plays catch-up to other countries. http://fortune.com/2015/11/06/five-fascinating-facts-robotics-market/

The robotic density figure is a key performance indicator for gauging the current degree of automation within the international markets. For example, the average global robotic density in producing industries lies at 66 robot units per 10,000 employees. http://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2016/03/03/global-industrial-robot-population-setto-reach-1-3-million-by-2018-says-ifr/3159/

In the U.S., the report said that it costs nearly $25 an hour for a human to spot weld while a robot costs only $8 an hour. http://fortune.com/2015/11/06/five-fascinating-facts-robotics-market/

Bank of America to develop a robo-advisor that will handle accounts less than $250,000. http://fortune.com/2015/11/06/five-fascinating-facts-robotics-market/

The National League of Cities found that only 6% of citiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; current longterm transportation plans consider the potential effects of driverless car technology. http://fortune.com/2015/12/02/somerville-driverless-car/

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Self-driving vehicles could reduce urban vehicle numbers by 90%. http://worldif.economist.com/article/11/what-if-autonomous-vehicles-rule-the-world-fromhorseless-to-driverless

Google has acquired:chaft Inc. , Industrial Perception, Inc, Redwood Robotics, Meka Robotics, Holomini, Bot & Dolly, Boston Dynamics, DeepMind Technologies. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-and-robots-the-real-reasons-behind-theshopping-spree/

Due to constraints on power and cost, robots operating in unstructured environments such as homes or offices have limits on onboard computation and limited data on the objects they encounter. Cloud Robotics proposes a thin-client model where robots are connected to modern cloud-computing infrastructure for access to distributed computing resources and datasets, and the ability to share training and labeling data for robot learning. http://queue.ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/pubs/Grasping-with-Google-Goggles-icra-2013. pdf

Robotic age poses ethical dilemma on prevent humans abusing robot and vice versa:Asimovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laws of robot. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6425927.stm

The Ministry of Information and Communication has also predicted that every South Korean household will have a robot by between 2015 and 2020. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6425927.stm

ERO Concrete Recycling Robot can efficiently disassemble concrete structures without any waste, dust or additional separation http://inhabitat.com/amazing-ero-concrete-recycling-robot-can-erase-entire-buildings/

Michio Kaku, a Japanese-American futurist, theoretical physicist and popularizer of science predicts that robots will start developing their own thoughts and strategies which could be dangerous for humankind. http://www.robotspacebrain.com/how-to-stop-robots-from-killing-us-dont-worry/

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Cybernetic City,city of robots, will feature miles of robotic helpers aiding not only in medical care, but industrial and agricultural development. https://www.inverse.com/article/11562-a-city-of-robots-is-being-built-intsukuba-japan

Kinema Systems has developed a robot capable of breaking down pallets of boxes can be used in warehouse jobs. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601196/self-taught-robot-is-ready-to-seize-anotherwarehouse-job/

Netherlands plans to have a working emergency drone network in the next five years. https://www.rt.com/news/200675-drone-ambulance-saves-lives/

For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have built micro-robots as small as bacteria. Their purpose is to help cure human beings. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085333.htm

The drone can deliver a defibrillator to a patient within a 12 square kilometer (4.6 square mile) zone in just one minute, increasing the chance of survival from eight percent to 80 percent. https://www.rt.com/news/200675-drone-ambulance-saves-lives/

Robots could replace one-fourth of all U.S. combat soldiers by 2030, according to statements made in January by U.S. Army Gen. Robert Cone. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an effort by the U.S. Army to become â&#x20AC;&#x153;a smaller, more lethal, deployable and agile force.â&#x20AC;? The robots may be able to do everything from dismantling land mines to engaging in front-line combat. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/9-jobs-robots-already-do-better-than-you-2014-01-27

Researchers from Oxford University found that 47% of 702 jobs analyzed are at risk of becoming completely computerized. https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/openforum/articles/robots-taking-jobs/

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MX3D develops the technology to 3D print strong, complex and gracious structures out of sustainable material – from large bridges to small parts. http://mx3d.com/projects/bridge/

It is believed that lighter electric cars would reclaim hundreds of billion of dollars in the US economy. http://singularityhub.com/2015/09/21/how-robots-and-sensors-will-transform-transportation-agriculture-and-elder-care/

Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and decentralized algorithms, in which each robot makes its own decisions based on local observations. http://robohub.org/robotic-consensus/

Santander’s Interactive Guest Assistant (SIGA) Robots developed a fleet of indoor autonomous mobile robots that guide visitors to the Visitor’s Centre near Madrid, Spain. http://www.idmind.pt/markets/services/

Meet Wall-Ye: The French grape-picking robot which can work day and night - and may well put vineyard workers out of a job. For a new vineyard worker is around, who has four wheels, two arms and six cameras, prunes 600 vines per day, and never calls in sick. The Wall-Ye V.I.N. robot, brainchild of Burgundy-based inventor Christophe Millot, is one of the robots being developed around the world aimed at vineyards struggling to find the labour they need. It takes on chores such as pruning and de-suckering - removing unproductive young shoots - while collecting valuable data on the health and vigour of the soil, fruit and vine stocks. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2209975/Meet-Wall-Ye-The-French-grapepicking-robot-work-day-night--vineyard-workers-job.html#ixzz46fB13snM

Rex, the Robotic Exoskeleton, helps the wheelchair-bound walk again. http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/16/rex-the-robotic-exoskeleton-helps-the-wheelchairbound-walk-again/

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Robot Consensus:Control algorithm for teams of robots factors in moving obstacles. http://news.mit.edu/2016/algorithm-robot-teams-moving-obstacles-0421

34- In the future, the aim won’t be focusing on industrial robots but rather on robotic augmentations for people -to help the disabled take on everyday tasks. http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/21/sri-international-spins-off-robotics-project-as-superflex-aiming-at-human-augmentation/

According to The Pew Research Center 48% of envision a future in which robots displace significant numbers of workers in 10 years. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/06/tech-experts-see-good-and-bad-sides-of-robots/

Robots replace employees at technological innovative companies like Tesla. http://time.com/4149936/workplace-predictions-for-2016/

Police robots will patrol streets in 2016. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/early-2016-robot-cops-patrolling-streets-no/

Affordable self-assembling robots will be available to be 3D Printed. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187736-harvard-mit-create-first-self-assemblingrobots-the-first-real-transformers

Robots to teach pre-schoolers how to code. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3059137/fund-this/this-cute-robot-teaches-pre-schoolers-tocode

The world’s smallest robot is a drone, created by Harvard scientists. These robots will do all kinds of things, from monitoring environmental conditions to helping out with search and rescue missions. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-worlds-smallest-robot-is-a-drone

Microbots to be used for planetary exploration based on the deployment of a large number of small spherical mobile robots (“microbots”) over vast areas of a planet’s surface and subsurface.

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Nanobots could fight bacteria by tracking down and eliminating each bacterial cell or could repair individual organ cells in the body. http://idahoptv.org/sciencetrek/topics/robots/facts.cfm

The Semi-Automated Masonry can lay roughly 230 bricks an hour and can handle brick sizes from modular to utility. http://insideunmannedsystems.com/building-enthusiasm-for-construction-robotics/

Japan’s SoftBank Robotics Corporations designed the world’s first robot “Pepper” who can understand and exhibit situationally appropriate emotions. http://inhabitat.com/meet-pepper-the-worlds-first-robot-who-can-understand-your-feelings/

Alphabet’s secretive Schaft Inc. shows off new bipedal robot in Tokyo rather than imitate a human gait. http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/08/alphabets-secretive-schaft-inc-shows-off-new-bipedalrobot-in-tokyo/

In the future, robots are believed to be a solution to help meet the worldwide food demands. http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-07/8-farming-solution-help-stop-worldhunger

World’s first hotel run entirely by robots opens in Japan. http://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-hotel-run-entirely-by-robots-opens-in-japan/

Incredible bricklaying robot can work day and night and lay 1000 bricks per hour so it can build 150 homes in a single year. http://inhabitat.com/incredible-bricklaying-robot-can-build-a-house-in-just-two-days/

Efficiency of robots in agricultural production will make them part of the sector by the mid-2017. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/01/japanese-firm-to-open-worldsfirst-robot-run-farm

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50- Future of human - robot communication requires a software revolution that we already started to experience http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/23/when-will-ai-and-nlp-actually-turn-siri-into-your-bestfriend/

Patient monitoring robots will provide assistant to both doctors and patients at home. http://people.bath.ac.uk/kbs22/robotics/monitoring.html

Solo is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first truly unmanned sewer inspection robot that is radically changing the way collection system managers approach operations and management. http://www.redzone.com/products/solo-robots/

Carbon fibre is architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest untapped resource according to architect and researcher Achim Menges, who claims that robots could be programmed to build stadium roofs using the fibrous building material. http://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/09/carbon-fibre-robotic-production-fourth-industrial-revolution-university-stuttgart-achim-menges/

With the outcomes of the Cloud of Facts it is possible to identify the main sectors of robotic applications, ranging from medicine to robotic farming, from car industry to robotic entertainment, from domestic robotic to robotic construction. Following the Neufert precision, an extended catalog of current and future applications is developed to visualize the potentials of robots and their impacts in the city.

Catalogue of Applications A collection of ongoing and future applications

robot /'rəʊbɒt/

noun

1. a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.

3.1

What makes a robot?

Catalogue of Applications

There is no concrete definition for what actually makes robot, however there are some essential features that might help us to decide whether something is a robot or not; Sensing (Sensors): First of all a robot should be able to sense its surrounding using sensors (electronic devices that turns physical measurements into electrical signals). Sensors are small components that are embedded into robots and give information them in order later to react. Intelligence (Software): Every robots needs some â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;smartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. This feature is given by programmers who give this smart to robots, and robot physically needs to has a part that makes it possible to receive this program which is called controller.

Catalogue of Applications

Reacting (Actuators): Robots should be moving. Either one part or more than one part of it should be able to change location. Ability of a robot to change its dimension is measured by a system called degree of freedom. Every single part of robot can have maximum of 6 degree of freedom. Energy: Every robot needs to be able to power itself. Power supply most commonly is provided by electricity but depending on what the task of robot is, there might be other energy sources to use such as solar powered, battery powered etc.

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Robotic Neufert Ongoing applications

Catalogue of Applications

SLIDING DOOR z

automatic door

1,80 meters

x x

dof : 1

sector

housing

date of birth

1954

power

electric motor

operator

approach sensor

cost

from $ 1.500

weight

+ 250 kg

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

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ELEVATOR z

certical transporter

+ 2 meters

x x

dof : 2

sector

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

housing

date of birth

1852

mechanics

hydraulic / climbing / neumatic

consumption

+ 50 w

cost

+ $ 15.000

weight capacity

+ 300 kg

Catalogue of Applications

ESCALATOR z

mecanical staircase

+ 3 meters

x x

dof : 2

sector

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

housing

date of birth

1900

power

constant speed alternating current motors

speed

+ 0,45 m/s

cost

+ $ 130.000

carrying capacity

+ 170 persons per five-minute period

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CRAWLER z

transporter

7,90 meters

x x

dof : 1

sector

Ge no

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

aerospace

date of birth

1981

power

four 1,000 kW (1,341 hp) generators

transmission

16 traction motors

cost

$14 million

curb weight

2.721 t

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SPACE EXPLORER z

explorer

3 meters

x x

dof : 2

sector

aerospace

date of birth

2008

speed

19 km/h

range

240 km

cost

weight

3.000 kg

Ge no

Na no

Au to

Rob o

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LADEE z

transporter

2,37 meters

x x

dof : 4

sector

aerospace

date of birth

2013

power

295 watts

weight

383 kg

payload

49,6 kg

cost

Ge no

Na no

Au to

Rob o

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CURIOSITY z

explorer

2,20 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

Gen o

Nan o

Au to

Rob o

aerospace

date of birth

2011

power

radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)

fuel

4.8 kg (11 lb) of plutonium-238 dioxide

cost

weight

899 kg

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STACKER CRANE z

stacker

+100 meters

x x

dof : 3

sector

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

logistic

date of birth

20th century

power

electricity

span

140 m

cost

+ $ 150.000

load capacity

up to 1500 tonnes

Catalogue of Applications

LINE FOLLOWER z

worker

30 centimeters

x x

dof : 2

sector

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

domestic / industry

date of birth

2006

power

8 Ni-Mh batteries / 9,5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10,5 V

average speed

0.5 ms-1

cost

$ 50

weight

1,5 kg

Catalogue of Applications

SONY ASIMO z

helper

1,30 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

domestic

date of birth

2000

power

51,8 volt Li-ION battery

operating time

1 hr

cost

$ 2.500

weight

50 kg

Catalogue of Applications

FOOD PRINTER z

producer

1,30 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

Ge no

Na no

Au to

Rob o

domestic / industrial

date of birth

2012

power

electricity

consumption

cost

around $ 3.000

weight

+1 kg

Catalogue of Applications

GALILEO z

data gatherer

5,30 meters

x x

dof : 4

sector

aerospace

date of birth

1989

power

570 watts

consumption

8.030 km/h

cost

weight

2.223 kg

Ge no

Nan o

Au to

Rob o

Catalogue of Applications

CANADARM z

robotic arm

15,2 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

Gen o

Nan o

Au to

Rob o

aerospace

date of birth

1981

parts

manipulator arm, display, control panel

weight

410 kg

cost

payload

332,5 kg

Catalogue of Applications

KUKA z

constructor

1,30 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

manifacturing

date of birth

2000

Max. reach

3.095 mm

payload

210 kg

cost

$ 2,500,000

weight

around 1.154 kg

Ge no

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

Catalogue of Applications

SONY AIBO z

robotic dog

26,6 centimeters

x x

dof : 3

sector

Ge no

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

domestic

date of birth

1999

power

DC7.2V (Lithium Ion Battery ERA-110B)

operating time

1,5 hr

cost

250.000 yen

weight

1,6 kg

Catalogue of Applications

WARMAX z

constructor / demolisher

1 meter

x x

dof : 4

sector

Ge no

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

construction

date of birth

1983

power

high-capacity Li-ion 1600 mAh

reach

5,5/0 m

cost

$ 126.000

weight

1.960 kg

Catalogue of Applications

MESSIAH z

rescuer

1 meter

x x

dof :2

sector

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

security

date of birth

1990

power

lithium-ion batteries

consumption

8.5 hr at normal operating speeds

cost

$ 230.000

weight

45 kg

Catalogue of Applications

TWO-WHEEL CAR z

transporter

1,30 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

domestic

date of birth

2001

power

Li-ION batteries

range

38 km

cost

$ 5.800

weight

48 kg

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

time 205 0 200

Curiosity

Line Follower Stacker Crane

Crawler

Space Explorer Two Wheel Car

Food Printer KUKA

Sony Aibo Galileo

Escalator

Warmax

Rob

Elevator

Au to

190

195 0

Canadarm Sliding Door

Sony Asimo

c scale

Catalogue of Applications

3.3

Robotic Neufert + Future Applications

Catalogue of Applications

CLIMATE CONTROLLER z

manager

30 centimeters

x x

dof : 6

sector

construction

date of birth

close future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

the robot is made by solar panels on a expandable mesh. by creating an outer shell that can expand and contract, it can dispense heat or keep heat depending on the climate.

Catalogue of Applications

ROBOTIC TREE z

CO2 absorber

3 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

environment

date of birth

far future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

the robots help emproving the quality of the air by collecting 90.000 tons of C02 per year.

Catalogue of Applications

FIXER AGENT z

constructer

1 meter

x x

dof : 6

sector

construction

date of birth

close future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

a drone with robotic arms, for self maintenance. They can react in case of injury in urban environment.

Catalogue of Applications

ROBOTIC CORE z

constructer / manager

500 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

construction

date of birth

far future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a giant robotic core that is responsible for management of metabolism and vertical growth of city.

Catalogue of Applications

BLOOD CLEANER z

healer

1 milimeter

x x

dof : 6

sector

health

date of birth

far future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

the micro-robot navigates through persons blood to clean blood clogs.

Catalogue of Applications

CITY MAKER z

constructer

1 meter

x x

dof : 6

sector

leisure

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a flying robot that 3d prints, carves and moves objects in order to create urban space.

Catalogue of Applications

DRUG CARRIER z

distributer

1 millimeter

x x

dof : 6

sector

health

date of birth

far future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a cell-sized micro-robot that carries drug in our bloodstream.

Catalogue of Applications

FLYING PICKER z

preparer

80 centimeters

x x

dof : 6

sector

food

date of birth

close future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

the picker drone moves freely in farmlands and harvests fields.

Catalogue of Applications

FOOD SUPPLIER z

distributer

80 centimemeters

x x

dof : 6

sector

food

date of birth

close future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

the drone can store and supply when is needed. It can also pick and move food.

Catalogue of Applications

HARVESTER PICKER z

harvester

5 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

agricolture

date of birth

close future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

the harvesting drone harvests horizontal as well as vertical farms.

Catalogue of Applications

ROBOTIC FARM z

producer

5 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

agricolture

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a mobile farm that carries and grows different kind of crops.

Catalogue of Applications

ROBOTIC WALL z

adaptive surface

2 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

mobility

date of birth

far future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

the robotic wall can adapt to the need of the circulation and accessibility. it transforms into a window, door or stairs.

Catalogue of Applications

HOLOGRAM DRONE z

communicator

70 centimeters

x x

dof : 6

sector

education

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a drone that can generate an hologram of the person who controls it. it can be used for virtual classrooms.

Catalogue of Applications

ROBOTIC BEE z

pollinator

8 centimeters

x x

dof : 6

sector

environment

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

robotic bees are used to link the broken chain of the natural cycles by pollinating the crops.

Catalogue of Applications

STORAGE ROBOT z

food storer

1,5 meters

x x

dof : 4

sector

food

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it stores food and interprets when food is over and supply it

the robot stores food and supplies it when it interprets that the food is over.

Catalogue of Applications

MED TECH z

healer

1 meter

x x

dof : 6

sector

health

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it stores food and interprets when food is over and supply it

it is a surgical robot. It has a variety of tools at the ends of its tentacles that allow small and precise movements of tiny instruments inside the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body.

Catalogue of Applications

VR SUIT z

entertainer

2 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

leisure

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

the robotic suit allow users experiencing the virtual reality.

Catalogue of Applications

ROBOTIC EYE z

recorder

10 centimeters

x x

dof : 6

sector

security

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a robot with a camera for surveillance.

Catalogue of Applications

EVA z

server

80 centimeters

x x

dof : 6

sector

domestic

date of birth

close future

skills

Ge no

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a drone that can pick, carry and manipulate object.

Catalogue of Applications

NANOBOT z

medical vessel

nanometers

x x

dof : 6

sector

health

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a nanorobot small enough to travel inside somebody's blood vessels. It has two small cameras to see where it is going and is a hybrid, telepresence robot.

Catalogue of Applications

REPAIRER ROBOT z

fixer

1 meter

x x

dof : 6

sector

services

date of birth

far future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a robot that can repair itself or another robot by replacing damaged parts with replicated new ones.

Catalogue of Applications

ROBOTIC AGENT z

fixer

0,5 cantimeters

x x

dof : 6

sector

construction

date of birth

far future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

spider agents that live within therf continous surfaces of habitat. they work together with manager agents. In terms of injury, they react to heal it.

Catalogue of Applications

SWARM NANOROBOT z

domestic

1 nanometer

x x

dof : 6

sector

construction

date of birth

close future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

a swarm of nanobots create a shelter, used as a new building material.

Catalogue of Applications

WEATHER ROBOT z

controler

nanometers

x x

dof : 6

sector

environment

date of birth

far future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a nano-robot used to modify the local weather conditions depending on the local needs at the certain time. it creates a fully controlled natural environment.

Catalogue of Applications

MATRIX CAPSULE z

entertainer

2 meters

x x

dof : 4

sector

leisure

date of birth

far future

skills

Ge no

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a robotic container that allows users to experience the life in a matrix world.

Catalogue of Applications

DATA IVY z

datacenter

10+ meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

infrastructure

date of birth

far future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

it is a flexible system that can be scaled and adapted. it exchanges data and energy.

Catalogue of Applications

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ROBOTIC PARTICLE z

builder

nanometers

x x

dof : 6

sector

construction

date of birth

far future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

the small particles are the material that builds the city. it never gets old and always recycles itself.

Catalogue of Applications

BARBA OCTOPUS z

101

reality generator

1 meter

x x

dof : 6

sector

leisure

date of birth

far future

skills

Ge no

Na no

Rob o

Au to

it is a robotic generator that materialises the visual reality using the Barba material.

Catalogue of Applications

102

URBAN LIANAS z

constructer

+10 meters

x x

dof : 6

sector

leisure

date of birth

far future

skills

Gen o

Nan o

Rob o

Au to

the robot is made by lianas that grow in order to create urban space.

Far Fut u

time

Repairer Robot Robotic Wall Robotic Tree

Robotic Core

EVA

Clo s Fut e ure

Storage Robot

Climate Controller

Spider Farmer Food Supplier Fixer Agent

Drug Carrier

Blood Cleaner Robotic Agent

VR Suit Hologram Drone Harvester Picker City Maker

o Rob

Tod ay

Robotic Eye

Med Tech Robotic Bee Robotic Farm Flying Picker

Data Ivy

Weather Bot

Matrix Capsule

Urban Lianas Robotic Particle

Barba Octopus

NanoBot

Ge no

Swarm Nanorobot

scale c

In the best tradition of science fiction, speculations were depicted as future city scenarios - from utopian to dystopian, from near to far future, from auto-, robo-, nano- to geno-. The visions allow the development of unique and cutting edge narratives about urban scenarios on existing conditions.

Robotic Scenarios 30 Visions of Cities and Robots

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The Workshop Robotic City is the central topic of a seminar taught in the Master of City and Technology of IAAC in collaboration with The Why Factory. From the 25th to the 29th of April, as support to the seminar, a workshop was organized as an exchange opportunity between students from IAAC and TU Delftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Actualities Workshop. During those 5 days, the students worked together to develop a collective Library of Robotic Speculations and 30 visions about the future of applied robotics in the city.

4.1

autoauto- is a prefix derived from the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;automaticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. It refers to a system that performas a task or a service on its own with robotics as its base.

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Josef Odvรกrka

A City On Demand What if the city gives people everything they want? A city that you can demand from.

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In the city on demand, the wish of inhabitants is the most important parameter. The city is not a traditional collection of flats, but it is a pattern of rooms of modular size which can be adjusted according to what people want. New boxes are supplied by cranes and robotic arms to the systems. The city also adjusts the transportation based on movement of people and allows people to move around with more convenience in the neighbourhood.

A City On Demand

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Guanlong Zhou, Ilkim Er, Isabella Del Grandi

Self Expanding City What if the city never stops growing?

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The surface of earth became continuous one city, however the earth population continues growing and new cities are expanding vertically, every layer of city represents another time period. Here we see the giant robot with computer brain that controls the infrastructure, construction, maintenance and management of layers.

Self Expanding City

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Andrea Gentilini

City of Consumerism What if all the goods that you need are delivered home by robots?

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The next level of the consumerist society, where the entire city is based on an efficient structure to provide goods in an efficient way. The consumerist city does not need harbours, shops or supermarket; everything is delivered directly at home. A robotic layer of the city helps good and material to flow around the city without using the transportation infrastructure, hence making it more available for the citizens.

City Of Consumerism

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David Poloch

The City of Production Flows What if the farms keep shifting?

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Industrial and agricultural production determines the structure of the city. This city will have atomised conveyors served by robots which are integrated into the streets, creating one gigantic inhabited factory. Crops are planted in the countryside on the conveyor and slowly conveyed to the city, reaching its center exactly when they are grown enough to be harvested. Precise aiming of the production minimizes additional transportation and optimizes the land use.

The City of Production Flows

4.2

roborobo- defines a re-programmable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools, or specified devices through variable programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks.

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Mohit Chaugule

City of Abundance What if robots take over the food systems?

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Robotic city will change the balance, that sub urban layer of a city are producing and core urban layer are just consuming. The core layer will also contribute to the production of food. This will be achieved by using robotics in all stages of food system i.e. production, processing, distribution, preparation, consumption, waste.

City of Abundance

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Rahul Pudale

Prosthetic City [Enhanced] What if the city never decays?

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Technological Prosthetics is the view of logical component of enhancement and rehabilitation in the future abandoned old city. Prosthetics sets up an interesting situation which questions the demolition of obsolete structures and the relation of public-private spaces. The prosthesis replaces a part that has been lost; it supplements, adds something to what remains and refines it.

Prosthetic City [Enhanced]

Robotic Scenarios

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Sherine Yehia Zein

Porous City What if spaces are undetermined and can be created on demand?

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What if we could do everything from home? How would a city react to citizens being able to work, learn, visit, shop where they live? What if there were no more facilities, but only adaptable open spaces?

Porous City

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Shiyu Zhang

City of Anticipation What if human donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to think of safety anymore?

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The city is an assistant, in robotic city the city can anticipate what people want and what they want in advance. The city not only anticipates the needs but also the risks and calamities that the future holds. With the safety taken care of by city people will have more time to think about their goals faster. And the whole city would be in a state or near zero risk and will transform to a most efficient and safe city.

City of Anticipation

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Kelly Best

Do It Yourself City What if robots become part of your household?

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Do-it-yourself city is an open source platform enabling the community to design and transform their homes and neighbourhood. Robots and 3d printers are common household appliances where apartment blocks have evolved into laboratories for new ways of living, working, playing, governing and creating. The DIY city draws communities together and provides opportunities for interaction, recreation and shared collective spaces.

Do It Yourself City

Robotic Scenarios

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Caglar Gokbulut,Francesca Martellono,Yayun Liu

Ego Mobility City

What if people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to plan a travel before?

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Imagine a city in which every journey is an ego one. What if people can go directly wherever they want to go without caring about others? Robotic ego drones become a human-made species. They coexist with human. They help carrying people directly from departure to destination. When they are not occupied, they can rest in their nests on the building facades, or gather around on the big trees to get recharged for future journeys.

Ego Mobility City

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Tingyu Zeng

City of Maximum Desires What if robots become part of your household?

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Dream will always come true in Robotic City, where 3D cloud printers react instantly to the demands with the biodegradable material. The latest dream is built above the previous dreams, during which time the energy generates from the biodegradation of the bottom layer.

City of Maximum Desires

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Seda Tugutlu

Productive Landscape What if robots make our buildings energy efficient?

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Productive Landscape is a self-organised metabolism that maximises energy production and storage capacity. All modules are organised autonomously according to real-time information. Modules are positioned based on an algorithm that makes the system the most productive in terms of energy.

Productive Landscape

4.3

nanoNanotechnology is science, engineering and technology conducted at a nanoscale. It encompasses the understanding of the fundamental physics, chemistry, biology and technology of nanoscale objects.

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Caglar Gokbulut,Francesca Martellono ,Yayun Liu

Adaptive Fabric

What if all the surfaces in city transform?

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Imagine a city built with adaptive fabric where the floors, walls and any surface are not rigid anymore, all the surfaces can transform according to the body movement of a human. The robotic fabric modules automatically react to the realtime needs of the inhabitants. The city becomes a continuous adaptive fabric where accessibility is maximized.

Adaptive Fabric

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Koen Hoogeveen

Climate Bunker City What if the city can adjust to any climate?

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In a time were Climate change is upon us, there may come a need for liveable cities that can withstand any climate. By creating an outer shell that can expand and contract when necessary, it can dispense heat or keep heat depending on the climate. Also flooding isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an issue anymore because parts of the city can expand where needed. The ultimate bunker for surviving climatic disaster!

Climate Bunker City

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Silvia Davoli

The City of Events What if the city changes every day?

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The nanotechnology will help the people in an ever-changing world. The city public spaces will be comprised of robotic material that will reshape itself infinite times. BarbaGround would cover all the in-between public spaces of the city, continuously demolishing and rebuilding spaces for different events and public activities. Lives of people in the city would be a flow of events.

The City of Event

FINISH

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Guanlong Zhou, Ilkim Er, Isabella Del Grandi

Eternal City

What if all the buildings are self adapting?

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In this robotic city buildings live forever. Clever skin as building element hosts small scale robots in its pores that are responsible with sensing, management and maintenance of itself. In case of injury, small robots react as fast as possible to avoid permanent damage. Surfaces of a building are continuous in order to facilitate the work of fixer and manager robots.

Eternal City

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Caglar Gokbulut, Francesca, Martellono, Yayun Liu

(Non)Stop City

What if the city infrastructure dissolves into programs?

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Imagine a city where nothing stops moving. What if the city infrastructure dissolves into programs? What if programs always keep moving according to real-time needs of different users? No vehicles. No fixed floors, nor roofs. Robotic platforms become new supporting surface that keep transporting users and programs together. Robotic cloud becomes adaptive building material to shape the spaces, and serve as personal storage as well.

education

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Mayra Lopez

Lightweight City What if human footprint in earth can be reduced to its minimum?

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With the current consumption patterns, one person needs 18 hectares of Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land to sustain life. Ideally, to cause less harm on the environment, this amount should decrease to 1.7 hectares per person. How can robotization aid reduced emissions? What if the human footprint could be reduced to its minimum? Our presence would be lightweight.

A Lightweight City

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Chiara Dallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Olio

Cloud city, a city of smart particles

What if city infrastructure is invisible?

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The dematerialization of the infrastructure. The huge and static old infrastructure is replaced by smart particles. The units are intangibles: they collect, store and transmit energy and water moving freely in the space. The city is now unplugged: pipes and facades are unnecessary, the smart cloud wraps buildings and provides the desired climate.

Cloud city, a city of smart particles

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Livia Bonciarelli

City of Maximum Energy What if energy supply is endless?

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In this scenario the surfaces of natural and built environment are conceived to collect and redistribute green energy. Nano robotics allows to build and control the components, that shape dynamically their layout to maximize the absorption of solar and kinetic energy. A light, transparent layer of solar panels acts as a cloud floating over the city, adapting to channel and make use of the wind fluxes.

City of Maximum Energy

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Guanlong Zhou, Ilkim Er, Isabella Del Grandi

Recyclable City

What if there is no construction waste?

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Nano scale robots are building material itself that creates habitat of people based on their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;demand / quantity of robotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; algorithm. Ownership of land is over, here you can own robotic material that shapes your living environment. City is a continuous surface of this nano scale robotic building material. Whenever a change in location or form is necessary, material owners can enter the requirements to the central system and move with their robots.

Recyclable City

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Elif Goxde Oztoprak

The Ultimate Robotic City What if humans cease to exist and robots are in charge?

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The ultimate robotic city need neither Earth nor human anymore. Robots build robots and the sun gives the whole energy. Through the space it randomly grows, as more robots, more access and energy surface are needed. Waste is as always, being a mass outer surface of the city.

The Ultimate Robotic City

4.4

genoGeno is a term that comes from ‘genetic’ or ‘gene’. This technology is a level of robotics where the robots acts as organisms. This technology generally works as a group of geno robots coming together and forming a adaptive materials.

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Arianna Balboni

Bio-robotic Skin What if buildings in city have a skin?

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In robotic city there is a skin developed around the buildings which acts as a shield to protect the interior from pollution. This skin is formed by a fusion of robotic and the biotechnology of microalgae. A symbiotic relation is developed between the nature and the city where the skin of the building the c02 and acid from the polluted air and converts it into nutrition for the trees.

Bio-Robotic Skin

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Filippo Fiorani

Pipe Ivy City What if pipes will carry goods?

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Imagine a city where the infrastructure can change configuration to carry goods, waste, energy, people and water wherever they have to go. This pipes, conceived as mechanical snakes can grow and turn in all the direction in order to reach their destination.

Pipe Ivy City

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Magdalena Nalepa

A Perfect Weather City What if people could control weather in the city?

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In the Perfect Weather City, the weather is fully controlled by the humans using nano robots. That results in different climate zones within one city making it attractive destination for tourists and a dream city for the residents, where they can choose their preferable weather every day. The walls made of clouds allow us to change the environment, constantly playing with their opacity.

A Perfect Weather City

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Nicola Patelli

Healthy City What if a city will make you healthier?

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What if we could prevent diseases by using robots? How would our cities react to much longer lifespans and more evolved users? Is there any form of common intelligence that could drive their esponential esponential densification ?

Healthy City

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Chenghuai Zhou

Sukkah City What if robots can enhance nature and its processes?

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Human beings are only survived 5 years after bees extinct, three quarters of the plants on earth rely on beesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pollination. All species are connected and every links are irreplaceable. BiodiversityÂ boosts ecosystem productivity where each species, no matter how small, all have an importantÂ role to play. Sukkah, Biblical in origin, is an ephemeral, elemental shelter, here in the future city, is about the universal idea about transience and permanence, and at the same time deeply rooted and expressions of changing seasons. In the future city with the help of robotic technology, the city will be maximum biodiversity and link the broken eco-chain.

Sukkah City

Outro Towards a Robotic Metabolism

Outro

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Robo-metabolism Taking into account that metabolism refers to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;(â&#x20AC;Ś) the sum total of the technical and socio-economic processes that occur in cities, resulting in growth, production of energy, and elimination of wasteâ&#x20AC;?1 When reflecting upon a robotic metabolism, it is possible to envision a new type of civilization growing around information and advanced technology. This is a revolution that is already happening today with the implementation of smart systems in the cities, which allow the sensing of the urban environment and the possibility of gathering big amounts of data. As part of the robotic ecosystem, the network of sensors existing today allow robots to evolve towards a more autonomous existence, where they can rely on the data in the cloud to act inside the city.

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If this scenario is taken further, the availability of data and the conformation of a robotic ecosystem will enhance the capabilities of robots, thus generating conditions for robots to be reduced size and at the same time communicating with each other to be grouped in swarms that act together. With the challenge of conceiving a Robotic City, the visions were produced to evaluate the future possibilities and impossibilities of the appearance of robots in the city. The visions produced were generated by imagining without boundaries how robots can change the way cities are conceived today. In this way, they are not directly related to the production of architecture but to all possible applications in the layers and systems that compose the city.Â Â The automation of the city questions the role of humans when robots start replacing everyday tasks and activities, but also many of the robots are imagined to allow

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humans more control over their environment. However, the implementation of robots in the city that become public commons start to question the current perceptions of ownership and safety in the city. In some of the visions, robots are introduced as self-sufficient houses that allow an efficient living. In others, the theme of mobility was tackled referring to cities in constant movement that tackle the issue of mandatory mobility and modes of transportation used today. When tackling issues like self-growing and adaptable systems that are made possible by the implementation of technology the questions veers toward how controllable these systems would be.

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The Why Factory (T?F) is a global think-tank and research institute, run by MVRDV and Delft University of Technology and led by professor Winy Maas. It explores possibilities for the development of our cities by focusing on the production of models and visualizations for cities of the future.

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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia â&#x20AC;&#x201C; IAAC is an international centre for Education, Fabrication and Research dedicated to the development of architecture capable of meeting the worldwide challenges in constructing 21st century habitability. IAAC is a platform for the exchange of knowledge with researchers, faculty and students from over 60 countries around the world.

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Delft University of Technology has a s a mission is to make a significant contribution towards a sustainable society for the twenty-first century by conducting groundbreaking scientific and technological research which is acknowledged as world-class, by training scientists and engineers with a genuine commitment to society and by helping to translate knowledge into technological innovations and activity with both economic and social value.

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Participants Professor Winy Maas Tutor Adrien Ravon IAAC MaCT: Mohit Chaugule Chiara Dall’Ollio Ilkim Er Çaglar Gokbulut Mayra López Rahul Pudale Seda Tugutlu Sherine Zein Cheghuai Zhou TU Delft: Andrea Gentilini Arianna Balboni David Poloch

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Elif Gozde Oztoprak Francesca Martellono Yayun Liu Guanlong Zhou Isabella Del Grandi Josef Odvรกrka Kelly Jade Best Livia Bonciarelli Filippo Fiorani Nicola Patelli Shiyu Zhang Silvia Davoli Tingyu Zeng Koen Hoogeveen Magda Nalepa

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