{"id":3566,"date":"2018-07-27T20:35:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T00:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=picks&#038;p=3566"},"modified":"2019-08-27T09:51:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:51:08","slug":"like-week-bricks-bots-better-architecture","status":"publish","type":"views","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/views\/like-week-bricks-bots-better-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Bricks, Bots, and Better Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard? Our industries are changing in ways both large and small. This week, we find ourselves focused on considerate robots, courageous architecture, and the calculus of success for small manufacturers. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sort, select, assemble. <\/strong>The dirty little secret about industrial robots today is that they\u2019re pretty dumb\u2014change one variable on the assembly line and everything goes to hell. Fast Company introduces us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3047927\/exclusive-inside-autodesks-robotics-lab-of-the-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BrickBot<\/a>, developed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/pier-9\">Autodesk\u2019s Pier 9 facility<\/a>, that can evaluate components (in this case, Legos), make decisions on the fly, and put them together in a flexible, responsive way. Hello, future of manufacturing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> https:\/\/autodesk.wistia.com\/medias\/96x2t5wu4m? <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Powerful architecture. <\/strong>A data center that provides energy and heat for the community around it? That\u2019s the kind of thinking behind the Powerhouse Standard developed by Norwegian firms Sn\u00f8hetta, Skanska, and other partners, <a href=\"https:\/\/nordic.businessinsider.com\/these-stunning-buildings-by-snohetta-are-norways-next-generation-environmental-architecture--net-energy-positive-from-construction-to-demolition--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Business Insider<\/a>. And that\u2019s just the kind of thinking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecexcellence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AEC Excellence Awards<\/a> were created to recognize. Judges have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geospatialworld.net\/news\/world-renowned-judges-announced-for-aec-excellence-awards-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just been announced for this year\u2019s awards<\/a>\u2014maybe it\u2019s time to submit your project? Hurry, though, entries are due by July 31.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Small and soft to the touch. <\/strong>If you still picture robots as large metal monstrosities or Arnold Schwarzenegger, get with the times. Two new projects show that robots can be great <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/cockroach-robots-rolls-royce\/\">when they\u2019re tiny<\/a> (via Futurism) and also when they\u2019re gentle\u2014and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/2018\/07\/news-rad-sampler-soft-robotics-marine-deep-sea-biology\/\">based on origami<\/a> (via NatGeo).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> https:\/\/youtu.be\/wDjX26jFzH4 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location, location, location. <\/strong>Sure, it\u2019s important for retailers and restaurants, but also, as it turns out, for small manufacturers (which are 94% of all manufacturers in the U.S). The <a href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2Jvq1C0\">New York Times<\/a>\u00a0explores\u00a0where manufacturers choose to locate and why,\u00a0and talks to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCe0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg\">favorite CNC YouTuber<\/a>, John Saunders (240+K subscribers). If you haven\u2019t seen his amazing tutorials, here\u2019s a good place to start:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fusion 360 CAD Tutorial #1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hdPZgDyMfp0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard? Our industries are changing in ways both large and small. This week, we find ourselves focused on considerate robots, courageous architecture, and the calculus of success for small manufacturers. Sort, select, assemble. The dirty little secret about industrial robots today is that they\u2019re pretty dumb\u2014change one variable on the assembly line and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"adsk_tags":[],"class_list":["post-3566","views","type-views","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What We Like This Week: Bricks, Bots, and Better Architecture | Autodesk News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/zh-hans\/views\/like-week-bricks-bots-better-architecture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What We Like This Week: Bricks, Bots, and Better Architecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you heard? 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