Robot-Assisted Shape Deposition Manufacturing - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Robot-Assisted Shape Deposition Manufacturing

K. Hartman, R. Krishman, R. Merz, Eugene Neplotnik, Fritz B. Prinz, Lawrence Schultz, M. Terk, and Lee Weiss
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, pp. 2890 - 2895, May, 1994

Abstract

Solid freeform fabrication and shape deposition are rapid manufacturing processes which build parts by incremental material deposition and fusion of cross-sectional layers. In this paper, several thermal deposition processes are described for directly fabricating prototype metal shapes using robotically manipulated material deposition systems. A robotic palletizing/part transfer system is also described which integrates multiple deposition and shaping processes into a single facility for rapidly manufacturing functional shapes.

BibTeX

@conference{Hartman-1994-13690,
author = {K. Hartman and R. Krishman and R. Merz and Eugene Neplotnik and Fritz B. Prinz and Lawrence Schultz and M. Terk and Lee Weiss},
title = {Robot-Assisted Shape Deposition Manufacturing},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
year = {1994},
month = {May},
volume = {4},
pages = {2890 - 2895},
}