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Compound fabrication: A multi-functional robotic platform for digital design and fabrication
Steven Keating,Neri Oxman +1 more
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In this article, a 6-axis robotic arm is repurposed as an integrated 3D printing, milling, and sculpting platform, enabling shifting between fabrication modes and across scales using different end effectors.Abstract:
Supporting various applications of digital fabrication and manufacturing, the industrial robot is typically assigned repetitive tasks for specific pre-programmed and singular applications We propose a novel approach for robotic fabrication and manufacturing entitled Compound Fabrication, supporting multi-functional and multi-material processes This approach combines the major manufacturing technologies including additive, formative and subtractive fabrication, as well as their parallel integration A 6-axis robotic arm, repurposed as an integrated 3D printing, milling and sculpting platform, enables shifting between fabrication modes and across scales using different end effectors Promoting an integrated approach to robotic fabrication, novel combination processes are demonstrated including 3D printing and milling fabrication composites In addition, novel robotic fabrication processes are developed and evaluated, such as multi-axis plastic 3D printing, direct recycling 3D printing, and embedded printing The benefits and limitations of the Compound Fabrication approach and its experimental platform are reviewed and discussed Finally, contemplation regarding the future of multi-functional robotic fabrication is offered, in the context of the experiments reviewed and demonstrated in this paperread more
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Design for additive manufacturing: trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints
Mary Kathryn Thompson,Giovanni Moroni,Thomas H.J. Vaneker,Georges M. Fadel,R. Ian Campbell,Ian Gibson,Alain Bernard,Joachim Schulz,Patricia Graf,Bhrigu Ahuja,Filomeno Martina +10 more
TL;DR: In the case of aircraft components, AM technology enables low-volume manufacturing, easy integration of design changes and, at least as importantly, piece part reductions to greatly simplify product assembly.
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Design for Additive Manufacturing
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Ten challenges in 3D printing
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Productivity of digital fabrication in construction: Cost and time analysis of a robotically built wall
Borja García de Soto,Borja García de Soto,Isolda Agustí-Juan,Jens Juri Hunhevicz,Samuel Joss,Konrad Graser,Guillaume Habert,Bryan T. Adey +7 more
TL;DR: It was found that productivity is higher when the robotic construction method is used for complex walls, indicating that it is possible to obtain significant economic benefit from the use of additive dfab to construct complex structures.
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Automated construction by contour crafting—related robotics and information technologies
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