Robotic Winding and Structural Testing of Carbon Fibre Composite Panels

Abstract

While Carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) is a well researched area in material science and engineering, its construction applications remain limited, with only 3.6% of global applications. However, recent research has explored core-less filament winding to create novel forms and fabrication processes with robotics. This paper outlined the fabrication of lattice CFRP panels from manual operation to robotic set-up. The research is part of an ongoing investigation to create lightweight composite panels as building components. The study<br/>investigates corresponding patterns and their structural performance in compression to provide insight into how material distribution affects the structural efficiency of the panels. The paper discusses the translational workflow from manual winding to the computational<br/>algorithm for the robotic winding routine and how learning from the physical prototypes informs the robotic workflow. The paper's significance lies in the coupling of informatic embedded in the winding routine with physical prototypes. The research develops the experiment into a parametric model to compute the routine for variable array and<br/>panel sizes.