US 11,899,426 B2
3D printing and assembly system
Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Visakhapatnam (IN); Akash U. Dhoot, Pune (IN); Shailendra Moyal, Pune (IN); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,668.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086488 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B29C 64/379 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01)
CPC G05B 19/4099 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1656 (2013.01); B29C 64/379 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G05B 2219/35134 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45064 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented process for a 3D printing and assembly system including a 3D computer hardware system, a robotic arm and a 3D printer having a build volume, comprising:
identifying, by a vision system, an already-generated object positioned outside of the build volume and accessible by the robotic arm;
identifying a 3D object assembly to be generated by the 3D printer;
real-time analyzing, using the 3D computer hardware system, a combination of the already-generated object and the 3D object assembly to generate sequential instructions for the 3D printer and sequential instructions for the robotic arm;
positioning, within the build volume, the already-generated object using the robotic arm with the sequential instructions for the robotic arm; and
3D printing around the already-generated object using the 3D printer with the sequential instructions for the 3D printer to generate the 3D object assembly, wherein
the sequential instructions for the 3D printer and the sequential instructions for the robotic arm are interdependent, and
the robotic arm is separate from the 3D printer and is configured to access both within the build volume and outside of the 3D printer.