Robots are the future of the construction industry, according to architects including Wolf D Prix and BIG's Kai-Uwe Bergmann. We've rounded up a selection of projects that suggest what the robot-made buildings of the future might look like (+ slideshow).

ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2016 at the University of Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart researchers led by architect Achim Menges and engineer Jan Knippers have spent the last few years exploring how robots might work with cutting-edge materials like carbon fibre, bioplastic and laminated wood.
Each year the team constructs a pavilion to show off their latest findings. For this year's edition, a robot stitched together moulded beech plywood components, creating a segmented shell-like structure based on the anatomy of a sea urchin. Read more about the ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2016 »

3D-printed Steel Bridge by MX3D

Technology startup MX3D is developing an ornate metal bridge for Amsterdam that will be 3D printed by robotic arms.
The robots will rotate their arms along six different planes of movement, creating a load-bearing structure that will support their own weight as they work. Studio co-founder Joris Laarman believes the technology could create "endless" different structures.
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Rock Print by Gramazio Kohler Research and the Self-Assembly Lab

One of the highlights of the inaugural Chicago Architectural Biennial was this towering architectural structure,...