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Nils Opgenorth

M.Sc.

Research Associate
2022 - Current

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+49 711 685 81910

Stuttgart
Deutschland

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Nils Opgenorth is a research associate at the ICD. His core interests lie in robotic fabrication systems for advanced computational wood building systems, focusing on distributed and multi-scalar robotic systems for autonomous on-site timber construction.

Publications:

  1. 2026

    1. Opgenorth, N., Otto, J., & Menges, A. (2026). MultiCamAssembly DataPackage: Experimental Crane Assembly Runs and YOLO Vision Training Data. https://doi.org/10.18419/darus-5676
    2. Opgenorth, N., Otto, J., & Menges, A. (2026). MultiCamAssembly: Distributed Robotic Vision System Software Framework. https://doi.org/10.18419/darus-5674

  2. 2025

    1. Yang, X., Amtsberg, F., Kaiser, B., Skoury, L., Stark, T., Treml, S., Opgenorth, N., Sousa Calepso, A., Sedlmair, M., Wortmann, T., Verl, A., & Menges, A. (2025). An implementation and evaluation of large-scale multi-user human-robot collaboration with head-mounted augmented reality. Advanced engineering informatics, 67, Article September. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2025.103475

  3. 2024

    1. Opgenorth, N., & Nunes Locatelli, D. (2024). Multiskalares Roboterfertigungssystem für Vor-Ort-Pressklebung im mehrgeschossigen Holzbau. In 2. Süddeutscher Holzbau Kongress (SHK) (pp. 269–284). FORUM HOLZBAU.
    2. Skoury, L., Treml, S., Opgenorth, N., Amtsberg, F., Wagner, H. J., Menges, A., & Wortmann, T. (2024). Towards data-informed co-design in digital fabrication. Automation in construction, 158, Article February. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105229
    3. Opgenorth, N. (2024). FabFramework.Core: Task-Based Robotic Fabrication Framework. https://doi.org/10.18419/darus-4600
    4. Opgenorth, N., Locatelli, D. N., Leder, S., Wagner, H. J., & Menges, A. (2024). Multi-scalar robotic fabrication system for on-site press gluing in multi-storey timber buildings. Automation in Construction, 168, 105774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105774
    5. Opgenorth, N., Cheng, T., Lauer, P. R. A., Stark, T., Tahouni, Y., Treml, S., Göbel, M., Kiesewetter, L., Schlopschnat, C., Zorn, M. B., Yang, X., Amtsberg, F., Wagner, H. J., Wood, D., Sawodny, O., Wortmann, T., & Menges, A. (2024). Multi-scalar computational fabrication and construction of bio-based building envelopes – the livMatS biomimetic shell. Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, 22–31. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.11374766.7
    6. Di Bari, R., Lauer, A., Schlopschnat, C., Treml, S., Opgenorth, N., Skoury, L., Stark, T., Bechert, S., Göbel, M., Wagner, H.-J., Wood, D., Leistner, P., Knippers, J., Menges, A., Sawodny, O., & Wortmann, T. (2024). Computational design and robotic fabrication for high environmental quality timber constructions: the livMatS Biomimetic Shell case study. https://doi.org/10.18419/darus-4434
    7. Opgenorth, N., Locatelli, D. N., Leder, S., Wagner, H. J., & Menges, A. (2024). A Multi-Scalar Robotic Fabrication System for Multi-Storey Timber Building Using On-Site Press Gluing. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4684038

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Nils Opgenorth is a research associate at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD), University of Stuttgart, specializing in robotic fabrication systems for advanced computational wood building systems, with a focus on distributed and multi-scalar robotic systems for autonomous on-site timber construction.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Leibniz University Hannover and a Master of Science in Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH) from the University of Stuttgart. His master’s thesis, developed together with Daniel Locatelli, was awarded the IntCDC Master’s Thesis Grant 2021 and subsequently supported by the Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau of the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR).

He realized the robotic fabrication of the fully functional livMatS Pavilion – Biomimetic Shell building demonstrator, advancing integrative computational fabrication strategies for high-precision timber construction. At ICD, his current research is carried out within the Lights-Off On-Site Timber Construction project, where he develops autonomous crane-based assembly processes, distributed robotic perception systems, and a novel automated in-situ adhesive connection for large-scale timber elements.

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