This article Authoring Robotic Processes, by Gramazio and Kholer, discusses the shift from digitally designed architecture to digitally constructed architecture. It is no longer a relationship between "dematerialization and pure form" but of the construction of those forms from the digital realm into the 3D. With the introduction of digital fabrication, there are fewer limitations on the possibilities for construction. Through computational logic and material realization robots will be able to shift the parameters of design and fabrication. But it is important to use our design to inform the work of the robot and not the other way around, or else we will not be expanding our view of design. The robots must be approached as a tool for furthering design, not a limitation. One of the main advantages of the robot that gives it an advantage over many digital fabrication devices is its manual dexterity. This is the ability to be multi-functional because it is, in some form, "generic". This allows for endless tools to be used on the robot, such as the ones we used and constructed in class. This allows for options of building, placing, filming, painting, and so on, which in turn gives us very well rounded understanding of material and structure.
Scale is another factor that plays into the use of the robot. The robot arm can be placed on track and given a wider range of motion, but that can only take its motions so far. One project Granazio and Kholer discuss is their fly quadrocopters. The next step is to figure out how to apply this to full scale construction.
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