ROB Technologies
Automating the Non-standard

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Software

Solutions

Mission

 

ROB Technologies develops software solutions that empower our clients to adapt their robotic processes easily and quickly to new production tasks, regardless of any programming knowledge.

 
 
 

Through facilitating the automated production of unique parts and small batch sizes we open new contexts for robotic use, especially, for small and medium sized manufacturers.

Our technology can be applied to a wide range of fabrication scales. Solutions encompass not only the deburring and chamfering of parts and application of gluing paths, but also large scale robotic construction, such as the assembly of individual timber wall modules or the robotic assembly of non-standard brick façade elements.

 

Software

Synchronising design and fabrication.

 
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BrickDesign
BrickDesign

BrickDesign is a comprehensive approach to the design and robotic fabrication of non-standard brick facade elements.

URStudio
URStudio

URStudio is a modular software environment for off- and online programming of Universal Robots offering bi-directional communication.

WoodFlex
WoodFlex

WoodFlex is a robotic control software and visualisation for automated timber construction, allowing to move from your shop drawings directly to fabrication.

BTLx Editor
BTLx Editor

The BTLx Editor is an extensive editor for the industry standard interchange format BTLx, used for timber construction, framing and carpentry.

 

Solutions

Enabling flexible robotic fabrication processes.

 
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Timber Construction
Timber Construction

Leverage your productivity regardless if your products are all identical or completely different. Combining planning data, robotic control and process visualisation, no additional work steps are necessary to move from your shop drawings directly to fabrication.

Robotic Brickwork
Robotic Brickwork

Build non-standard highly expressive brickwork in constant quality. The software BrickDesign provides an integrated design and robotic fabrication process, enabling the creation of unique facades that would not be possible to build manually.

Packaging
Packaging

Quickly adapt to changing production batches. Our software facilitates a fast, flexible and cost-efficient manufacturing of individually tailored foam packaging. Simply define and fine tune robotic gluing paths, for example, through drawing.

Adaptive Processing
Adaptive Processing

Let the robot worry about part tolerances, or simply reduce the costs for specialised jigs. In-line part recognition and measuring allow for an adaptation of the robot’s paths fitted precisely on the part within the running process.

Project specific automation processes
Project specific automation processes

Open up new contexts for robotic automation and consider robots even for your one-off production tasks. With our software solutions, setting up project specific automation processes becomes viable, cost-effective and hassle-free.

 

Introducing WoodFlex 56

The WoodFlex 56 multi-functional gantry robot is specialised on the automated assembly and processing of timber constructions. ROB Technology developed and implemented the complete control software, featuring an immediate connection between the shop drawings and the robotic control.

 
 

See the WoodFlex 56 in action at Erne AG Holzbau

 

Who we are

ROB Technologies’ mission is to enable an efficient operation of robotic systems in the field of non-standard individual fabrication of high-quality products.

 

A Spin-off Company of ETH Zurich, ROB Technologies draws on a decade's research on synchronising advanced digital design with robotic automation processes.

 
 
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Tobias Bonwetsch
Tobias Bonwetsch

Managing Director, Co-Founder

An architect by training, Tobias' interests soon moved to robotic systems and their potential for realising non-standard automated fabrication processes. After completing his postgraduate studies with a specialisation in Computer Aided Architectural design, Tobias completed his Ph.D. on the topic of robotically assembled brickwork at ETH Zurich. Prior to founding ROB Technologies, Tobias has been a long-time collaborator of Gramazio Kohler Research, performing pioneering research at the interface of robotics and construction.

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Ralph Bärtschi
Ralph Bärtschi

CTO, Co-Founder

A physicist and mathematician with long time experience in software development and the direct control of computer controlled machines for fabrication, Ralph has profound knowledge in digital signal processing, geometric algorithms and numerical methodologies. He received a Ph.D. in mathematical physics from ETH Zurich in 1998. Prior to founding ROB Technologies, Ralph worked as a software developer for CrowTen, as well as a senior researcher with Gramazio Kohler research at ETH Zurich.