Robotic Winding and Structural Testing of Carbon Fibre Composite Panels

Paul Ling Leong  Loh; Wei Win Loy; Nima Talebian

Robotic Winding and Structural Testing of Carbon Fibre Composite Panels

Paul Ling Leong Loh, Wei Win Loy, Nima Talebian

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Abstract

While Carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) is a well researched area in material science and engineering, its construction applications remain limited, with only 3.6% of global applications. However, recent research has explored core-less filament winding to create novel forms and fabrication processes with robotics. This paper outlined the fabrication of lattice CFRP panels from manual operation to robotic set-up. The research is part of an ongoing investigation to create lightweight composite panels as building components. The study
investigates corresponding patterns and their structural performance in compression to provide insight into how material distribution affects the structural efficiency of the panels. The paper discusses the translational workflow from manual winding to the computational
algorithm for the robotic winding routine and how learning from the physical prototypes informs the robotic workflow. The paper's significance lies in the coupling of informatic embedded in the winding routine with physical prototypes. The research develops the experiment into a parametric model to compute the routine for variable array and
panel sizes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATICS: Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference
Editors	Dagmar Reinhardt, Nicolas Rogeau, Christiane Herr, Anastasia Globa
Pages	233-242
Number of pages	10
Volume	2
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2025
Event	ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATICS -Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference - Tokyo, China Duration: 22 Mar 2025 → 29 Mar 2025 https://caadria.org/current-conference/

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Conference	ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATICS -Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference
Country/Territory	China
City	Tokyo
Period	22/03/25 → 29/03/25
Internet address	https://caadria.org/current-conference/

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2023 FSD Deans Award Research Grant
Loh, P. L. L. (Professor), Yu, L. (Research Fellow), Talebian, N. (Assistant Professor), Miller, D. (Associate Professor), Ghanbaripour, A. (Assistant Professor) & Ottmann, D. (Associate Professor)
1/03/23 → 31/12/23
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Loh, P. L. L., Loy, W. W., & Talebian, N. (2025). Robotic Winding and Structural Testing of Carbon Fibre Composite Panels. In D. Reinhardt, N. Rogeau, C. Herr, & A. Globa (Eds.), ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATICS: Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference (Vol. 2, pp. 233-242) https://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/caadria2025_550?bypass_token=909cdb635a8c4b8e94423470a608ee39

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Robotic Winding and Structural Testing of Carbon Fibre Composite Panels. / Loh, Paul Ling Leong ; Loy, Wei Win; Talebian, Nima.
ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATICS: Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference. ed. / Dagmar Reinhardt; Nicolas Rogeau; Christiane Herr; Anastasia Globa. Vol. 2 2025. p. 233-242.

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