Sigrid Brell-Cokcan is the founder and director of the Chair of Individualized Production at RWTH Aachen University, President of the Association for Robots in Architecture (RiA), and a member of the Board of Directors of euRobotics. With a background in architecture, she has collaborated with leading international practices including Coop Himmelblau, Frank Gehry, Peter Cook, and Bollinger + Grohmann. Her research focuses on making industrial robotics accessible to architecture and construction, particularly through intuitive human–robot interaction and digital fabrication workflows. At RWTH Aachen, she leads interdisciplinary research on innovative machinery, individualized production, and user-friendly interfaces that connect design directly to robotic fabrication. She also co-founded the Center for Construction Robotics, bringing together academia and industry to advance automation in construction. Her work has contributed to European robotics research agendas, the development of construction robotics as a field, and new approaches to flexible, human-centered robotic production.
