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Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Costa, E., Shepherd, P., Velasco, R., & Hudson, R. (2020). Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia. In Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (254-259). https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-35

The construction industry is a major source of carbon, and the main culprit is concrete. In addition, productivity for the construction sector is poor, and concrete construction in particular is labour intensive, slow, and costly. This paper introduc... Read More about Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia.

Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Costa, E., Duarte, J., & Bilén, S. G. (2020). Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation. In Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (608-616). https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-84

In the scope of Industry 4.0, a framework is proposed to leverage the potential of articulating Augmented Reality and Robotic Manufacturing in the construction industry. The objective of such framework is to enable robots to learn how to perform task... Read More about Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation.

Automating concrete construction: Digital design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams (2020)
Book Chapter
Costa, E., Shepherd, P., Orr, J., Ibell, T., & Oval, R. (2020). Automating concrete construction: Digital design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams. In Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (863-872). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84

The construction industry is responsible for nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions, mainly due to the large amount of concrete used. Traditional formwork methods for concrete result in prismatic building elements with a constant cross-section, but... Read More about Automating concrete construction: Digital design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams.

Enabling parametric design space exploration by non-designers (2020)
Journal Article
Castro e Costa, E., Jorge, J., Knochel, A. D., & Duarte, J. P. (2020). Enabling parametric design space exploration by non-designers. AI EDAM, 34(2), 160-175. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0890060420000177

In mass customization, software configurators enable novice end-users to design customized products and services according to their needs and preferences. However, traditional configurators hardly provide an engaging experience while avoiding the bur... Read More about Enabling parametric design space exploration by non-designers.