A Mobile 3 D Printer for Cooperative 3 D Printing
A Mobile 3 D Printer for Cooperative 3 D Printing
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用于协作 3D 打印的移动 3D 打印机
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2017
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通讯作者：
Wenchao Zhou
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L. Marques;R. Williams;Wenchao Zhou
协同3D打印是一种新兴技术，旨在通过使数千个携带打印头的移动的机器人能够在单个打印作业中进行合作并在3D打印过程中集成预制组件来为3D打印提供可扩展性。协作3D打印平台的核心是一个移动的机器人，它可以携带不同的打印头或夹具。在本文中，我们提出了一个移动的3D打印机与长丝挤出打印头，可以通过互联网控制。首先，我们设计了一台紧凑的移动的3D打印机，它带有一个挤出打印头和四个全向轮。还开发了无线通信接口，以向移动的3D打印机发送命令并从其接收信息。成功的打印已被证明与两个开发的移动的3D打印机合作打印，这显示了合作3D打印的前景。
Cooperative 3D printing is an emerging technology that aims to provide scalability to 3D printing by enabling thousands of printhead-carrying mobile robots to cooperate on a single printing job and to integrate pre-manufactured components during the 3D printing process. At the core of the cooperative 3D printing platform is a mobile robot that can carry different printhead or a gripper. In this paper, we present a mobile 3D printer with a filament extrusion printhead that can be controlled over the Internet. First, we designed a compact mobile 3D printer with an extrusion printhead and four omnidirectional wheels. A wireless communication interface is also developed to send commands to and receive information from the mobile 3D printer. Successful prints have been demonstrated with two developed mobile 3D printers printing cooperatively, which shows the promise of cooperative 3D printing.