RoboticPortfolio

Technical Proficiency:

Rhinoceros 3D, 3D Grasshopper, Python, C#, RobotStudio, RTDE, Arduino IDE, Cura / Flashprint, Augmented Reality

Hardware:

Collaborative Robots (UR5, UR10, UR16e annd ABB GoFA), 3D Printing: Flashforge / Ultimaker, Laser Cutting: Trotec.

Education

• Ph.D., Interaction Design - Queensland University of Technology (QUT) (on-going)
• MArch., Architecture - University Queensland (UQ) (2019)
• BArch., Architectural Design - University Queensland (UQ) (2017)

Work Experience

Research Fellow @ Bond University (August 2024 - Present)

• Creating documentation for the robotic weaving process.
• Conducting compression test for the constructed coreless panels.
• Design and construct end effector with the relevant components.
• Establishing automated form-finding solver within grasshopper environment that adhered to design parameters (include robot workspace). Create a robotic weaving routine to construct carbon fibre panels.

Research Assistant @ Queensland University of Technology (December 2023 - June 2024)

• Creating a close-loop real-time HRI system using Grasshopper
• Provide technical assistance throughout research study
• Create documentation to assist the lead researcher
• Design a customised end effector for the research project

Projects

• Github Repo for Architectural Design-Fabrication
• Github Repoo for Real-time Interaction

Talks & Lectures

• Industry Engagement: BVN, May 2024
• Industry Engagement: Architectus & Conrad Gargett, August 2024

Publications / Workshops / Exhibitions

1. Loy, W. W. (2024). Exploring with augmented reality-enabled human robotic collaboration (AR-HRC) system: An Interactive Workshop with collaborative robot for lightweight structure [Workshop]. CAADRIA 2024, Singapore University of Technology and Design. https://caadria2024.org/workshop-individual-4/
2. Loy, W. W., Franze, A., Donovan, J., Teixeira, M., Adcock, M., & Rittenbruch, M. (2024). Design considerations for AR-enabled human-robot collaboration for fabrication-centric architectural design process: A co-design workshop approach. Interaction Design and Architecture(s), 61, 117–143. https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-061-004
3. Johansen, S. S., Browning, Y., Brumpton, A., Donovan, J., Rittenbruch, M., & Loy, W. W. (2024). Robotic blended sonification. 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) [Exhibition]. ISEA ’24, Queensland, Australia.
4. Loy, W. W., Franze, A., Teixeira, F. F., Shafiei, M., Teixeira, M. F. L. A., Rittenbruch, M., Caldwell, G., & Donovan, J. (2024). Augmented Reality (AR) as a facilitator in collaborative architectural design-fabrication processes. In Proceedings of CONVR 2024, Sydney, Australia.
5. Haskell, N., Belek Fialho Teixeira, M., Chamarro-Koc, M., Loy, W. W., Chhikara, K., Suresh, S., Wille, M.-L., Hughes, B., Little, P., & Beatson, A. (2024). Enhanced Supply Chain 5.0 Advanced Manufacturing Workflows for Regional Healthcare Resilience. In Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (CIE51), UNSW Sydney, Australia, 9–11 December 2024.
6. Johansen, S. S., Senaratne, H., Burden, A., Loy, W. W., Balasuriya, S. S., Caldwell, G., Donovan, J., Duenser, A., Jiang, Y., McGrath, M., Nejati, M., Paris, C., Rittenbruch, M., & Sitbon, L. (2024). Collaborative robots for empowering people: Key insights from an OzCHI workshop. Proceedings of the 36th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI ’24).
7. Loy, W. W., Donovan, J., & Lavery, N. (2023). Robot or Puppy Dog: Explore the Role of Augmented Reality in Visualising Robot Intentions [Video Submission]. OzCHI ’23, Wellington, New Zealand. https://github.com/workshopHRI/OzCHI2023/blob/master/assets/papers/OzCHI’23%20-%20Robot%20or%20Puppy%20Dog%20-%20Exploring%20the%20Role%20of%20Augmented%20Reality%20Interfaces%20in%20Visualizing%20Robot%20Intentions.mp4
8. Loy, W. W. (2022). AR-enabled human-robot collaboration for exploratory design-fabrication [Position Paper]. OzCHI ’22, Canberra, Australia. https://github.com/HRC-workshop/HRC-workshop.github.io/blob/main/assets/position_papers/AR-enabled%20human-robot%20collaboration%20for%20exploratory%20design-fabrication.pdf
9. O’Rourke, T., & Loy, W. W. (2021). Architecture as Indigenous heritage: Extant and virtual dormitories in Cherbourg. In What If? What Next? Speculations on History’s Futures. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), Perth, WA, Australia, 18–25 November 2020. SAHANZ.