An outdoor installation premiered at the V&A design museum in London, now based at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, examines the current boom in robotics and the relationship between human and machine.
The Elytra Filament Pavilion, created at the University of Stuttgart, is made from modules that were defined by an algorithm and produced with the help of an industrial robot.
The 200 sq m structure is inspired by “lightweight construction principles found in nature, the fibrous structures of the forewing shells of flying beetles known as elytra”. To make each component, the robot wound resin-soaked glass and carbon fibres onto a hexagonal scaffold.
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