DEPLOYABLE WALL PLOTTER

Harvard, 2016

This project is a portable, deployable wall plotter robot. The motivation for creating a cable-driven robot was in part due to a perceived need in the field of architecture. There is generally a trade-off between the size of a robot's workspace and the accuracy of the manipulator. Architecture, especially on-site construction involves a multitude of tasks not suitable to industrial arms because of their limited workspace. Furthermore, construction tolerances are rarely so high as to require industrial levels of precision. Aerial robots are able to cover a much larger workspace, but lack the precision of industrial arms and are only able to carry small paylaods, making them ill-suited for many construction tasks. Cable robots present a middle ground, able to cover a moderately large workspace with a tolerance suitable for construction sites.

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