{"id":11852,"date":"2026-05-07T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11852"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:59:17","slug":"building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicolas Kubail Kalousdian and Achim Menges&nbsp;have successfully completed their project \u201cTask and Motion Planning for Collaborative Robotic Construction with Deformable Materials\u201d. The project created a robotic system capable of constructing buildings with bamboo. By using this natural and sustainable material, this robotic system enables more sustainable and low-carbon building practices, demonstrating how AI and robotics research can solve&nbsp;real-world problems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project was funded by the Cyber\u00a0Valley Research Fund and was carried out between 2021 and 2024&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icd.uni-stuttgart.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute of Computational Design and Construction (ICD)<\/a>,&nbsp;University of Stuttgart.&nbsp;It addressed the challenges of using robotic manipulation when constructing with non-standardized, flexible materials like bamboo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project&#8217;s key achievements included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robotic system development<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project designed and implemented a custom mobile robotic system optimized for handling bamboo. To ensure effective manipulation of this material, the research team designed the robot&#8217;s kinematics and control strategies in response to its flexible and anisotropic structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Task and motion planning (TAMP)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research team developed a hybrid approach using Reinforcement Learning and Logic-Geometric Programming. Reinforcement Learning was used for dynamic adaptation in bending tasks, while Logic-Geometric Programming was applied for structured, multi-step planning of construction sequences. This approach meant the robotic system could combine adaptability and precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simulation and learning framework<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To model bamboo\u2019s mechanical behavior, the project developed a high-fidelity simulation environment to train the robotic system\u2019s Reinforcement Learning policies, before being used in the real world. The researchers improved this transfer from simulation to reality by using Domain Randomization and Curriculum Learning techniques, so that the robotic system could work reliably with real bamboo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experimental validation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In both simulated and real-world experiments, the robotic system successfully demonstrated reaching, transporting, and assembling bamboo elements. The researchers also tested cooperation between multiple robots, showing the potential for large-scale autonomous construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Architectural scale demonstrator<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project culminated in the development of a full-scale robotic demonstrator that could execute key construction tasks. Although some mechanical and electrical components required further refinement, the demonstrator proved the feasibility of robotic bamboo construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By contributing to the advancement of robotic construction methodologies, the outcome of this research project enabled robots to work with natural, renewable materials in a scalable&nbsp;and adaptive manner. In doing so, it provides a pathway to more sustainable, low-carbon building practices, fulfilling the Cyber\u00a0Valley mission of turning AI and robotics research into a sustainable future for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This project produced the following peer-reviewed publications:&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N. K. Kalousdian et al., \u201cLearning Robotic Manipulation of Natural Materials With&nbsp;Variable Properties for Construction Tasks\u201d. In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2022, pp. 5749-5756.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9735376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOI: 10.1109\/LRA.2022.3159288<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Cyber\u00a0Valley Research Fund<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cyber\u00a0Valley Research Fund was established to support Cyber\u00a0Valley research groups undertake basic research in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics. The fund totaled five million euros, including contributions from six of Cyber\u00a0Valley\u2019s founding corporate partners: Amazon, BMW, Bosch, IAV, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and ZF. It supported 20 research projects, the first of which began in 2020, and the final of which will conclude in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11853,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"cv-tag":[],"location":[],"network-role":[],"news-category":[444],"user-group":[243,244,245],"class_list":["post-11852","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-research-fund","user-group-investor","user-group-corporate","user-group-researcher"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future - Cyber Valley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future - Cyber Valley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nicolas Kubail Kalousdian and Achim Menges&nbsp;have successfully completed their project \u201cTask and Motion Planning for Collaborative Robotic Construction with Deformable Materials\u201d. The project created a robotic system capable of constructing buildings with bamboo. By using this natural and sustainable material, this robotic system enables more sustainable and low-carbon building practices, demonstrating how AI and robotics [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cyber Valley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-11T11:59:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thumb_ticker_lg_Used_260507_Building_with_bamboo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"523\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/news\\\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/news\\\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\\\/\",\"name\":\"Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future - Cyber Valley\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/news\\\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/news\\\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/thumb_ticker_lg_Used_260507_Building_with_bamboo.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-07T15:18:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-11T11:59:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/news\\\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/news\\\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/news\\\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/thumb_ticker_lg_Used_260507_Building_with_bamboo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/thumb_ticker_lg_Used_260507_Building_with_bamboo.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":523,\"caption\":\"cyber valley graphic\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/news\\\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cyber Valley\",\"description\":\"From lab to market\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Cyber Valley GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/CV_Logo-Lockup_RGB_20210412.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/CV_Logo-Lockup_RGB_20210412.svg\",\"width\":1112,\"height\":317,\"caption\":\"Cyber Valley GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cyber-valley.de\\\/de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/cybervalley\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/cybervalley_bw\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCPi8donVDkcOeM4C0CfP5fg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/cyber-valley.bsky.social\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future - Cyber Valley","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future - Cyber Valley","og_description":"Nicolas Kubail Kalousdian and Achim Menges&nbsp;have successfully completed their project \u201cTask and Motion Planning for Collaborative Robotic Construction with Deformable Materials\u201d. The project created a robotic system capable of constructing buildings with bamboo. By using this natural and sustainable material, this robotic system enables more sustainable and low-carbon building practices, demonstrating how AI and robotics [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/","og_site_name":"Cyber Valley","article_modified_time":"2026-08-11T11:59:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":523,"url":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thumb_ticker_lg_Used_260507_Building_with_bamboo.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit":"3\u00a0Minuten"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/","url":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/","name":"Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future - Cyber Valley","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thumb_ticker_lg_Used_260507_Building_with_bamboo.png","datePublished":"2026-05-07T15:18:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-11T11:59:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thumb_ticker_lg_Used_260507_Building_with_bamboo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thumb_ticker_lg_Used_260507_Building_with_bamboo.png","width":1000,"height":523,"caption":"cyber valley graphic"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/news\/building-with-bamboo-for-a-low-carbon-future\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Building with bamboo for a low-carbon future"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/","name":"Cyber Valley","description":"From lab to market","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/#organization","name":"Cyber Valley GmbH","url":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CV_Logo-Lockup_RGB_20210412.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CV_Logo-Lockup_RGB_20210412.svg","width":1112,"height":317,"caption":"Cyber Valley GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cybervalley\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cybervalley_bw\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPi8donVDkcOeM4C0CfP5fg","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cyber-valley.bsky.social"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/11852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cv-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cv-tag?post=11852"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=11852"},{"taxonomy":"network-role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/network-role?post=11852"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=11852"},{"taxonomy":"user-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyber-valley.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/user-group?post=11852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}