本研究從數位工藝研究著手，以工藝人的角度發想適應創作者隨機創作的技術。傳統工藝製作中的紋理需依賴大量手工技術來成型，而數位工藝的導入，使這些獨特紋理與裝飾能透過數據化、參數控制，省去繁瑣的步驟成為導入數位與工藝結合的想像。
創作的核心建立在「人機協作」的創作觀念。人機協作是人類透過的經驗與機器間交流，機器依據人類提供的資訊及流程再執行加工，不斷地改善流程，人與機器之間的角色互補與感知交織，進而達成數位與工藝的結合。
本研究利用3D掃描技術進行隨機物件定位與形態捕捉，透過點位數據建模並擷取加工範圍，進一步生成路徑由機械手臂進行漿體3D列印。這套方法不僅能提升製作的精確度與可控性，還能調整列印參數，使作品在不同條件下展現多變的紋理與形態。研究過程中，針對列印陶瓷漿體材料進行測試，探索數位工藝與機械手臂列印的結合，實現更具靈活性、創造力的工藝作品。
研究方法分為三個主要階段。首先，透過3D掃描技術掃描試體物件形態，同時捕捉空間定位器、建立數位模型，並透過數位處理分析形態、表面特徵與限制，達成工作區域的選取。接下來透過參數化設計與數位模擬，調整列印參數，以優化機械手臂的動作軌跡與材料層積方式。最後，透過實作與驗證，觀察3D掃描與機械手臂列印技術如何在隨機的工藝創作中提供新的可能性。
本研究最終創作成果以《拓界》為系列作品名稱，命名意涵源於對「陶藝疆界」的重新探索與突破。傳統陶瓷創作大多著重於手工成形、造型技術與釉燒質感，而《拓界》則嘗試導入數位技術視為創作的一部分，並共同策，展覽名稱：《系統更新中》共同呈現各自對當代科技與文化議題的回應等元素成為創作本身的結構與內容。《拓界》不僅是一場技術實驗，更是一個對工藝未來形貌的提問與回應。
本研究為數位工藝領域提供新的視角，展示 3D 掃描技術如何提升機械手臂列印的精度與適應性，並拓展其人機協作工藝的應用潛力。

This research explores the integration of digital craftsmanship and robotic clay extrusion from the perspective of traditional craft practitioners. In conventional ceramic practices, intricate textures, surface details, and expressive forms often rely heavily on manual skills, bodily experience, and long-term material understanding. The maker’s hands play an essential role in shaping clay, responding to its moisture, softness, deformation, and structural limits. With the introduction of digital technologies such as 3D scanning, parametric design, and robotic arm printing, these craft processes can be translated into controllable data, digital models, and fabrication parameters, opening new possibilities for ceramic creation.
By focusing on the concept of “human-robot collaboration,” this study proposes a workflow in which human experience guides machine execution. The process begins with hand-formed clay objects, whose irregular shapes and handmade traces are captured through 3D scanning. The scanned data is then processed through parametric design to generate printable paths, which are further executed by a six-axis robotic arm with clay slurry extrusion. Through this workflow, the freedom of hand-building and the precision of robotic fabrication are connected within one creative process.
The study demonstrates that robotic clay printing can extend the expressive potential of ceramic texture and form while preserving the uniqueness of handmade objects. Rather than separating handcraft and digital fabrication, this research develops an adaptive craft process in which human judgment, material sensitivity, and robotic precision work together to produce new possibilities for contemporary ceramic practice.

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