Parametric Design to Robotic Additive Manufacturing

  • PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
  • THE HUMAN TOUCH
  • SMALL WORKSHOP

A parametrically modifiable stool will be introduced to participants, who will be able to parametrically modify the 3D model and remotely 3D print their customized versions of a stool at 3DRP in Rotterdam. A video camera will show the printing in progress. This smart production method uses algorithmic connections between requirements of the product, user preferences and the machine settings for additive robotic manufacturing. This enables mass customization of consumer goods.

The participants of this workshop will interact with a parametric system to design their own stool, that will be 3D printed live in Rotterdam.

Arwin Hidding
TU Delft

Arwin Hidding

Arwin Hidding is a designer and researcher. He has graduated Cum Laude from the TU Delft and his project was nominated for the Archiprix. Since his graduation he is involved in academic research and education in the Robotic Building Group at the TU Delft. The main topic of the research is creating 3d prints with programmable properties, by using different materials or geometries.

Eliza Noordhoek

Eliza Noordhoek

Eliza Noordhoek is an independent industrial product designer and teacher of practise at the faculty of Industrial Engineering at the TU Delft. In 2016 she joined the team of '3D Robot Printing' to create a company that works on manufacturing 4.0. How can new production techniques like robotic 3D printing change the industrial world of design and production? Not only new kinds of products will emerge. The way we design and produce, the way companies work, will change in the future.