US 12,263,640 B2
Multi-directional three-dimensional printing with a dynamic supporting base
Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Visakhapatnam (IN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); Keerthi Samireddy, Visakhapatnam (IN); Akash U. Dhoot, Pune (IN); and Balatripurasundari Nookala, Visakhapatnam (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,404.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051995 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 64/379 (2017.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01)
CPC B29C 64/379 (2017.08) [B25J 9/1661 (2013.01); B25J 9/1669 (2013.01); B25J 9/1682 (2013.01); B25J 15/0009 (2013.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] 12 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented dynamic supporting base creation method that interacts with a three-dimensional (3D) printer that prints an object, the method comprising:
providing a physical support, via a first robotic gripper, for the object during three-dimensional (3D) printing using a printing head of the 3D printer;
determining a different location to provide a second physical support of the object via a second robotic gripper based on one or more next printing operations; and
transferring, during the three-dimensional (3D) printing, the object to the second robotic gripper to provide the second physical support at the different location on the object.
 
11. A computer-implemented dynamic supporting base creation method that interacts with a three-dimensional (3D) printer that prints an object, the method comprising:
providing a physical support, via a first robotic gripper, for the object during three-dimensional (3D) printing using a printing head of the 3D printer;
determining a different location to provide a second physical support of the object via a second robotic gripper based on one or more next printing operations; and
transferring, during the three-dimensional (3D) printing, the object to the second robotic gripper to provide the second physical support at the different location on the object.