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- Patent Title: Robotic additive manufacturing apparatuses, systems and methods
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Application No.: US15687201Application Date: 2017-08-25
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Publication No.: US10528034B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: George Q. Zhang , Xiongzi Li , Daniel X. Wappling , Anders Spaak , Biao Zhang , Remus Boca , Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge
- Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Agent J. Bruce Schelkopf
- Main IPC: B33Y10/00
- IPC: B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; G05B19/4099 ; B25J9/16 ; G05B17/02

Abstract:
One exemplary embodiment is a method comprising generating robot control code from one or more files including part geometry parameters, material addition parameters, and robot system parameters. The robot control code includes instructions to control position and material output of an additive manufacturing tool adjustable over six degrees of freedom. The method includes simulating execution of the robot control code to generate a virtual part file including virtual part geometry parameters and material addition parameters, analyzing the virtual part geometry parameters and material addition parameters relative to the one or more files, and executing the robot control code with the controller to produce the part with robot system if the analyzing indicates that the virtual part satisfies one or more conditions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170351245A1 ROBOTIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-12-07
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