Title
Additive manufacturing by robot manipulator: An overview of the state-of-the-art and proof-of-concept results
Abstract
For the last decades, additive manufacturing (AM) has become an ever increasing part of the development of new technology and devices. However, it is still challenging to use this technology on a larger scale. This paper presents the state-of-the-art of large-scale AM, looking into some of the projects that have come furthest in utilising AM technology on large structures such as buildings or sculptures. The background for this research is to consider the possibility of large-scale AM by robot manipulator using the welding method cold metal transfer (CMT). After outlining the the necessary algorithms and components for such an AM system, a proof-of-concept experiment using a UR5 robot is presented. This initial experiment will clarify some of the challenges that need to be addressed in future work.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/ETFA.2017.8247617
2017 22nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMT,increasing part,proof-of-concept results,additive manufacturing,UR5 robot,proof-of-concept experiment,welding method cold metal transfer,robot manipulator,AM technology
Control engineering,Proof of concept,Engineering,Robot,Robot manipulator,Welding
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1946-0740
978-1-5090-6506-6
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6