Towards “Autonomous”: A review of the “stereotypical” behaviors in Robotic construction

¹ The Bartlett school of Architecture, University College London, WC1E 6BT, London, United kingdom
² Post-doctoral Research Station for Landscape Architecture, Southeast University, Architecture School, 2 Si pai Lou, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
³ Department of Art, Harbin university of science and technology, 52 Xuefu St., Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

^* Corresponding author: 1034571707@qq.com

Abstract

With the development of digitalization in the architecture industry, robotic construction is now attracting attention as a new technology in the architecture industry. As the number of research cases increases, some people question whether robotic construction is really an efficient and autonomous construction process. The purpose of this paper is to point out the “stereotypical” behavior of robots in autonomous construction in the architecture industry and to question the repetition of a single action by robots in terms of architectural theory and its history. It attempts to outline an objective relationship between robotic construction and architecture and to give architects a warning and advice. It is hoped that in the future, architects will be able to realize autonomous from the perspective of architectural theory and history, rather than simply being limited by the technical constraints of computer language translation and programming.