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Out of the Factory, Into the Field: Robots Go to Work for Architects

2012-12-18T15:00:00-05:00

Brell-Cokcan and Braumann are co-founders of the Association for Robots in Architecture and organizers of the Rob|Arch 2012 conference, being held in Vienna on Dec. 17 and 18. Over this past weekend they ran a series of workshops in Vienna, Graz, Zürich, Rotterdam, and Stuttgart to expose architects and designers to the possibilities of utilizing this technology.

The world's first city for robots

2012-08-21T20:17:00-04:00

A science project of unprecedented scale begins this month in the New Mexico desert, as a technology firm breaks ground for a model metropolis. Washington-based Pegasus Global Holdings will build a town replete with schools, parks and an airport. But the intended residents are not people, but robots.

SCI-Arc's Robot House: Rapidly Making Your Arty Bohemian Lifestyle Obsolete

2011-10-13T20:26:04-04:00

Some robots are being trained to do digital design work now. The design-savvy robots in question are part of Southern California Institute of Architecture's (SCI-Arc) Robot House and they're around for the repetitive and extremely detailed movements that human artists find tedious or impossible. So your life of quiet painterly desperation and locavore vegan cocktails is safe for the time being.

Here's some info about the Robot House, from SCI-Arc's website.

Foxconn will bring on 1 million robots in 3 years to replace workers

2011-08-01T11:24:27-04:00

Foxconn’s founder and chariman Terry Gou said the company will replace an unspecified amount workers with one million robots in three years. Foxconn is the Asian manufacturer that is responsible for many components inside of Apple, Sony, and Nokia’s devices.

For a related discussion check The Diminishing Returns of Technology.