Dr.
Ryan Luke
Johns
Alumni
Ryan Luke Johns is an architectural designer and programmer focused on augmented materiality and context-aware fabrication. He has taught as a lecturer in the Princeton University School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Vassar College, and as an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia GSAPP. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a concentration in Mathematics from Columbia University (2009) and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University (2013).
Ryan graduated with his PhD from ETH Zurich in 2023, and is a co-founder and CEO of Gravis Robotics.
Work Topic
Ryan's research is focused on developing planning algorithms for the autonomous robotic assembly of found objects.
Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication
Alumni: PhD Researcher
Current position
CEO - Gravis RoboticsNCCR publications
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Autonomous construction of lunar infrastructure with in-situ boulders (2024)
- Date: 06.06.2024
- Authors: Jonas Walther, Dr. Ryan Luke Johns, Hendrik Kolvenbach, Valentin Tertius Bickel, Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter
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- Date: 01.01.2023
- Authors: Dr. Ryan Luke Johns
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Grasping and Object Reorientation for Autonomous Construction of Stone Structures (2021)
- Date: 01.07.2021
- Authors: Dr. Martin Wermelinger, Dr. Ryan Luke Johns, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter
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- Date: 01.12.2020
- Authors: Dr. Ryan Luke Johns, Dr. Martin Wermelinger, Ruben Mascaro, Dr. Dominic Jud, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Margarita Chli, Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter