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Wax Assembly attempts to gain control of the rapid state-change porperties of wax to build complex structures without a mold.

The robot-driven wax dipping process is a slow build, but it’s rapid compared to similar natural devices for structural form such as stalactites in caves. We saw this as an opportunity to scale time and rapid prototype this more continental phenomenon. We wanted to capitalize on this natural order to both impose control and introduce chaotic elements to the material.

This project attempts to use the highly precise control of industrial robots to be able to predict and control complex material properties such as fluid dynamics.

Wax Assembly was done in collaboration with Alisha Coelho, Teng Long, Taira Tsukioka, and Yue Yang.