Sir John Soane’s Museum exhibits a prototype cable construction robot
(Artdaily.org)

Sir John Soane’s Museum offers a glimpse of the future of building construction with a live installation of the Polibot – a prototype cable construction robot developed by architects Mamou-Mani – as part of an exhibition that considers the cultural implications of digital construction and fabrication technologies. New robotic technologies are set to revolutionise the way buildings are constructed. Inspired by the ‘spider cams’ of sports stadia and pick-and-place technology, the Polibot ‘picks’ individual bricks and then ‘places’ them one by one to create a freestanding structure. Dramatically installed in the Museum, the Polibot offers a tantalising glimpse of the possibilities of robotic technologies and their impact on architectural design. The Polibot progressively constructs and then deconstructs domes referencing Sir John Soane’s designs for the Bank of England. Curves and lines f