About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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Symposium
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2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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Presentation Title |
Improving Additive Manufacturing with AI-Powered Robots |
Author(s) |
Satyandra K. Gupta |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Satyandra K. Gupta |
Abstract Scope |
This presentation will describe how robots can be used to realize the next generation of AM technologies. The first part of this presentation will describe how performing material deposition using articulated robot arms can significantly expand capabilities of AM processes by enabling material deposition on non-planar surfaces. Many composite parts have thin three-dimensional shell structures. Achieving the right fiber orientation is critical to the functioning of these parts. Printing them using conventional planar-layer AM processes leads to fibers being oriented in the plane of the layer. The capability to deposit the material using non-planar conformal layers can increase part strength in the desired direction and hence produce parts with improved properties. Robots can be used to perform multi-resolution printing that finds the best trade-off between build speed and surface finish. Robots can also be used to realize of supportless AM. The use of robots also enables the insertion of externally fabricated components such as sensors, actuators, and energy harvesting devices during the AM process. The second part of this presentation will describe artificial intelligence techniques needed for generating and executing robot trajectories to build high quality parts using AM. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |