Patents & Publications

A system that uses autonomous robots for 3D manufacturing an object where the robots have different tool heads for performing different manufacturing operations.

The present invention provides a swarm manufacturing platform, based on a swarm 3D printing and assembly (SPA) platform as a model for future smart factories, consisting of thousands of IoT-based mobile robots performing different manufacturing operations with different end effectors and real-time monitoring.

A 3D printing system comprising a plurality of printers. The printers are motorized to allow movement in X and Y directions or to rotate freely. Each printer may have one or more printheads. Also provided is a surface independent from said printers adapted to receive a printed object.

A system and method for selective heating and/or sintering of a material including first and second substances, an array of one or more resistive heating elements arranged on a planar surface of a substrate and material to be heated located on the other substrate.

This paper presents a fully integrated and functional cooperative 3D printing platform with all necessary components and outlines how they work in unison from a system-level perspective.

This paper presents a fully integrated and functional cooperative 3D printing platform with all necessary components, including chunker, slicer, scheduler, printing robots, build floor, and outline how they work in unison from a system-level perspective.

Microheater Array Powder Sintering (MAPS) is a novel additive manufacturing process that uses a microheater array to replace the laser of selective laser sintering as the energy source. This paper presents the fabrication of a platinum microheater array.

Cooperative 3D printing is an emerging technology that aims to provide scalability to 3D printing by enabling multiple mobile robots to cooperate on a single printing job. This paper presents a mobile 3D printer with a filament extrusion printhead.

This paper presents the fabrication, packaging, and control of a platinum microheater array that has a target operation temperature of 400 °C and a response time of ~1 ms for the MAPS process.