This research presents a new system for Collective Robotic Construction (CRC) with amorphous materials. Differential Boundary Deposition, a novel additive construction technique, is co-developed with a mobile depositor robot and a design-to-production computational workflow in order to achieve a complete construction system. This system is designed for serial production and can serve as a platform for further research into CRC techniques that have no analogue in traditional construction.

The proposed CRC system is validated through a series of physical experiments using a prototype mobile depositor, a thermoplastic demonstration material, and an integrated design-to-production computational workflow. This system demonstrates the benefit of developing new material-robot methods for construction by challenging current construction methods in terms of speed, strength, and material efficiency, as well as by opening a new morphological space for architectural design.

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