ABxM.DistributedRobotics.RP19: Agent-Based Models for a Modular Collective Robotic Construction System

ABxM.DistributedRobotics.RP19 is an add-on to ABxM.Core for agent-based modelling of a collective robotic construction (CRC) system developed in the context of Research Project 19-1 (<a href="https://www.intcdc.uni-stuttgart.de/research/research-projects/rp-19/">RP19-1</a>) "Leveraging The Building Material As Part Of The Robotic Kinematic System For Parallel Construction" from the Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (<a href=" https://www.intcdc.uni-stuttgart.de/">IntCDC</a>). The add-on contains three agent constructs which revolve around the agent representing the building material or the mobile robots in the modelled CRC system. The agent constructs of <i>BuildingMaterialAgent</i> or <i>MobileRobotAgent</i> are utlized for the sole purpose of architectural design while the agent construct of <i>KCAgent</i> can be used to also robotically plan the structure. The first two constructs are discussed in the paper:
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<i>Leder, S., Menges, A. (2023). Introducing Agent-Based Modeling Methods for Designing Architectural Structures with Multiple Mobile Robotic Systems. In: Gengnagel, C., Baverel, O., Betti, G., Popescu, M., Thomsen, M.R., Wurm, J. (eds) Towards Radical Regeneration. DMS 2022. Springer, Cham. (DOI: <a href=" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13249-0_7">10.1007/978-3-031-13249-0_7</a>).</i>
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And the other construct is discussed in the paper:
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<i>Leder, S., Menges, A.: 2024, Merging architectural design and robotic planning using interactive agent-based modelling for collective robotic construction. Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, Vol. 11, pp. 253-268. (DOI: <a href=" https://academic.oup.com/jcde/article/11/2/253/7631345?login=true">10.1093/jcde/qwae028</a>).</i>
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The package includes examples files to be to be used within Rhino/Grasshopper that demonstrate implementations of each agent type.