TY - GEN
T1 - Cable-suspended robotic contour grafting system
AU - Bosscher, Paul
AU - Williams, Robert L.
AU - Bryson, L. Sebastian
AU - Castro-Lacouture, Daniel
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This paper introduces a new concept for a contour crafting construction system. Contour crafting is a relatively new layered fabrication technology that enables automated construction of whole structures. The system proposed here consists of a mobile contour crafting platform driven by a translational cable-suspended robot. The platform includes an extrusion system for laying beads of concrete as well as computer-controlled trowels for forming the beads as they are laid. This system is fully automated and can be used to construct concrete structures rapidly and economically. The novel attributes of this system enable significant improvements over other proposed contour crofting systems, including easier portability, lower cost, and the potential to build much larger structures. This paper presents the kinematics and statics of the proposed system, and uses the reachable workspace of the robot as well as the corresponding cable tensions to approximate the maximum size structure that can be built using this manipulator.
AB - This paper introduces a new concept for a contour crafting construction system. Contour crafting is a relatively new layered fabrication technology that enables automated construction of whole structures. The system proposed here consists of a mobile contour crafting platform driven by a translational cable-suspended robot. The platform includes an extrusion system for laying beads of concrete as well as computer-controlled trowels for forming the beads as they are laid. This system is fully automated and can be used to construct concrete structures rapidly and economically. The novel attributes of this system enable significant improvements over other proposed contour crofting systems, including easier portability, lower cost, and the potential to build much larger structures. This paper presents the kinematics and statics of the proposed system, and uses the reachable workspace of the robot as well as the corresponding cable tensions to approximate the maximum size structure that can be built using this manipulator.
KW - C robot
KW - Cable-suspended robot
KW - Concrete extrusion
KW - Contour crafting
KW - Translation-only robot
KW - Workspace
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33751316040
SN - 079183784X
SN - 9780791837849
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information In Engineering Conference, DETC2006
T2 - 2006 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information In Engineering Conference, DETC2006
Y2 - 10 September 2006 through 13 September 2006
ER -