Robot-Assisted Shape Deposition Manufacturing

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.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1994
• Where: ICRA
• Authors: K. Hartmann, R. Krishnan, R. Merz, G. Neplotnik, Fritz B. Prinz, L. Schultz, M. Terk, Lee E. Weiss
• Keywords: ICRA 1994, Incremental Material Deposition, Material Deposition, Robotics, Thermal Deposition Processes