The computer programme of the ETH spin-off helps the bricklayers to position the bricks with millimetre precision. (Photograph: ETH Zürich / Michael Lyrenmann)
The computer programme of the ETH spin-off helps the bricklayers to position the bricks with millimetre precision. (Photograph: ETH Zürich / Michael Lyrenmann) - The technology pioneered by the ETH spin-off incon.ai allows blocks to be positioned with pinpoint accuracy, creating structures with aesthetic designs and augmented acoustics. Shadow plays, wavelike patterns or acoustic effects: bricks can be placed at special angles to create aesthetic architectural designs. To create the required effects and at the same time ensure a stable structure, the individual bricks need to be positioned with millimetre accuracy. It would take an enormous effort to achieve such precision with conventional building plans and masonry techniques. A new technology based on augmented reality (AR) makes it possible to realise even the most unorthodox ideas. Timothy Sandy, a specialist in robotics and an ETH Pioneer Fellow, is the scientist who developed the concept.
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