Robotic Production and Circular Materials
This minor is a multidisciplinary approach to critically investigate the value of new Technologies for Design and Production towards a more sustainable future. Students will explore – hands on - an iterative design process involving computational design and robotic production.
Programme Outline
- Credits: 30 ECTS
- Educational format: a team of tutors and experts will guide you via lectures, online lessons, practical sessions at location, literature research, and individual/group week to week tutoring
- Duration: autumn semester from beginning of September until end of January or spring semester from beginning of February until mid-July
Important dates
Autumn semester
- Mandatory introduction & kick-off: first week of September
- Start programme: first week of September
- End programme: last week of January / first week of February
Spring semester
- Mandatory introduction & kick-off: first week of February
- Start programme: first week of February
- End programme: last week of June / first week of July
Notes
At the end of this exchange programme you will:
- Explore digital production methods to customize your material solutions;
- Learn how to integrate multi-disciplinary knowledge from different educational areas;
- Elaborate an integrated design and production process;
- Format a circular business plan for a specific product or application;
- Present and defend your integrated design process and final prototypes in a public setting.
Full Programme Description