A 3D printer head as a robotic manipulator

A 3D printer head as a robotic manipulator

A 3D printer head as a robotic manipulator

著者
片倉 翔平
黒木 優人
渡邊 恵太
学会名
UIST
発表年
2019年

概要

We introduce new ways of using a 3D printer head as a 3-axis robotic manipulator to enable advanced fabrication and usage such as assembling separately printed parts, breaking support materials and actuating printed objects on a build-plate. To achieve these manipulations, we customize a low-cost fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer that can attach/detach printed end-effectors which change the function of the 3D printer head (e.g. grab, break, and rotate printed objects). These techniques afford the 3D printer to fabricate and assemble complete kinetic objects such as automatons without manual processing (i.e. removing support materials and assembling objects). We conclude that a small modification to a standard 3D printer, allows us to fabricate and assemble objects without human intervention.

論文情報

Shohei Katakura, Yuto Kuroki, Keita Watanabe. 2019. A 3D Printer Head as a Robotic Manipulator. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST2019), pp535-548.