Title
Exploring architectural robotics with the human hive
Abstract
We present an activity we developed to demonstrate bottom-up form construction, the human hive. Participants team up to construct a hive structure from large interlocking cardboard blocks. Each participant is given a visual rule that describes where new cells should be added to the hive. The design of these rules guides the form of the structure that emerges from this uncoordinated activity. Bottom-up, distributed methods for specifying physical forms and behaviors are central to the emerging field of architectural robotics that deals with designing objects composed of self-reconfiguring materials.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1145/1640233.1640341
Creativity & Cognition
Keywords
Field
DocType
hive structure,uncoordinated activity,architectural robotics,new cell,bottom-up form construction,rules guide,human hive,participants team,physical form,large interlocking cardboard block,distributed algorithms,bottom up,distributed algorithm
Interlocking,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Distributed algorithm,Artificial intelligence,Stigmergy,Robotics
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael Philetus Weller1677.43
Ellen Yi-luen Do273186.31