L.E.A.R.N.

L.E.A.R.N. is a platform dedicated to beginner-friendly creative coding tutorials and exercises for building architecture with robots.

In these tutorials, we will introduce computational methods for architecture, fabrication & construction, incentivising computational literacy. Students will learn the theoretical background and basic implementation details of fundamental datastructures and algorithms, and to plan and control robot tasks in CAD environments using the COMPAS and COMPAS FAB framework, and other open-source libraries.

We want to provide access to our tutorials for as many students as possible. If you are affiliated with TUM or Princeton, you can register for the class. If you are a student from another university or simply interested in Digital Fabrication using robots, you can simply access the tutorial videos through this webpage.

1. Setting up the Anaconda environment with COMPAS

   Execute the commands below in Anaconda Prompt:

   (base) conda config --add channels conda-forge

   Windows

   (base) conda create -n learn python=3.8 compas_fab=0.17 --yes (base) conda activate learn

   Mac

   (base) conda create -n learn python=3.8 compas_fab=0.17 python.app --yes (base) conda activate learn

   Verify Installation

   (learn) pip show compas_fab #### Name: compas-fab Version: 0.13.1 Summary: Robotic fabrication package for the COMPAS Framework …

   Install on Rhino

   (learn) python -m compas_rhino.install

   NOTE: This installs to Rhino 6.0, use -v 5.0 if needed.

2. Installation of Dependencies

   (learn) conda install git

   Assembly Information Model

   (learn) python -m pip install git+https://github.com/augmentedfabricationlab/assembly_information_model@master#egg=assembly_information_model (learn) python -m compas_rhino.install -p assembly_information_model

   UR Fabrication Control

   (learn) python -m pip install git+https://github.com/augmentedfabricationlab/ur_fabrication_control@master#egg=ur_fabrication_control (learn) python -m compas_rhino.install -p ur_fabrication_control

3. Cloning the Course Repository

   Create a workspace directory:

   C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\workspace

   Then open Github Desktop and clone the following repository into you workspace folder: L.E.A.R.N. repository

You can now go to VS Code, Rhino or Grasshopper to run the example files!