TY - GEN
T1 - A 3D block printer using toy bricks for various models
AU - Sugimoto, Chiharu
AU - Maeda, Yusuke
AU - Maekawa, Takashi
AU - Maruo, Shoji
N1 - Funding Information:
*This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI JP15H03944. 1Chiharu Sugimoto is with Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, JAPAN sugimoto-chiharu-zh@ynu.jp 2Yusuke Maeda, Takashi Maekawa and Shoji Maruo are with Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - We study a robotic 'Block Printing System' that automatically performs assembly of blocks from 3D CAD models. In our previous study, a prototype system with an industrial manipulator was implemented. In this study, we add three functions to this system so that it can be able to print more various models. First, we realize color printing. Secondly, we propose a method to deal with unprintable shapes. Thirdly, we introduce a new block feeder to generate large-scale block sculptures. It is confirmed that these functions are useful by assembly experiments in which some block sculptures that were unprintable before can be generated.
AB - We study a robotic 'Block Printing System' that automatically performs assembly of blocks from 3D CAD models. In our previous study, a prototype system with an industrial manipulator was implemented. In this study, we add three functions to this system so that it can be able to print more various models. First, we realize color printing. Secondly, we propose a method to deal with unprintable shapes. Thirdly, we introduce a new block feeder to generate large-scale block sculptures. It is confirmed that these functions are useful by assembly experiments in which some block sculptures that were unprintable before can be generated.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044974370&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85044974370&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/COASE.2017.8256227
DO - 10.1109/COASE.2017.8256227
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85044974370
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
SP - 958
EP - 963
BT - 2017 13th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2017
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 13th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2017
Y2 - 20 August 2017 through 23 August 2017
ER -