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Robots Podcast #112: Matthias Kohler & Future Cities
9 September 2012, 2:12 am

 

In Robots Podcast #112 (Sept. 7th, 2012), interviewer Per Sjoborg talks with Matthias Kohler, Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication at ETH Zurich and renowned architect, about his work in robotic architecture at the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL), which is part of the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC) in Singapore. Professor Kohler discusses how he first got interested in robotics and automated architecture, and what the future plans are for his lab. He also talks about how the design of buildings and the urban landscape will change when the construction process becomes automated. The news segment, which precedes the interview in the podcast, reports on a DARPA contract, awarded to Science Applications International Corporation, under which SAIC will design, develop, and conduct sea trials of an unmanned submarine that is capable of tracking enemy vessels for thousands of kilometers, the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV). DARPA has also released an online game to aid in the development of strategies for the effective use of ACTUV. Also mentioned is the the Kinect@Home project, sponsored by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, which aims at crowdsourcing 3D models of everyday objects.Read On | Tune In | Transcript

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