DEA 6210

Architectural Robotics

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Embedding robotics into the fabric of the built environment fosters a more interactive and potentially more intimate relationship between the spaces we live in and us, and represents a new frontier for design, computing, and psychology. Part-seminar, part-lab, this course considers the design, technical, social, ecological, and ethical challenges and opportunities of architectural robotics.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment priority given to: DEA, FSAD and MAE majors.

Fees Course fee, $60. Course fee.

Distribution Requirements (D-HE, HA-HE, KCM-HE, LAD-HE, SBA-HE)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA, 2020FA

Learning Outcomes

• To demonstrate, in a written report, an ability to communicate the motivations for, iterative development of, and expected use of the Architectural Robotic room and/or component of the room that was prototyped, as well as assess its shortcomings.

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