Still, it’s going to require us to stretch ourselves, because there are a lot of misconceptions about the term DfMA, Marks says.

provides an open, extensible and collaborative platform that enables all designers – not only specialists – to engage with robotic technologies and to embed digital manufacture workflows into their everyday design activities.. F.R.A.C.is an easy to use digital workflow that connects industry standard design software to robotic technology tools, using custom apps to provide:.

XR environments for design and process interaction.A library of manufacturing blocks as defined elements of process (which we call CHIPs).Real time data exchange between simulated systems across multiple devices.

Data visualisations and analytics for manufacturing optimisation.Our vision is to use F.R.A.C to develop our Platform Approach to designing homes, offices, hospitals, schools and other buildings in a new and innovative way, with a kit of parts approach delivered using robotic technology.. We have already prototyped the robotic manufacture of components from our Platform system and our aim is not only to realise construction projects through robotic technology, but also to share our learnings with the industry and to make the building blocks of F.R.A.C available under open source license during 2020.. Read more about P-DFMA.How can we balance COVID-19, climate change and our energy bills?.

As businesses get ready to reopen their office buildings while keeping to social distancing measures, what might the impact be on energy efficiency in those buildings – and the climate emergency?.

Before COVID-19, the climate emergency was very prominent in the media, and the UK was the first major country to commit to achieving zero carbon targets by 2050.Don’t do something, sit there.

This is a time of year, but also a time in our history when the things we have been doing and are doing are not giving us what we want and need.There is little use in just trying much harder at doing the same things.

We need to pause, reflect on our purpose, try to see different perspectives, different routes forward; bring light to our present.. We need to try different things, do things in different ways, make new connections.. A few weeks ago I was involved in a conversation about pharmaceuticals.Many of the drugs we take are synthesised ultimately from oil or use significant amounts of fossil fuels to produce.