公开(公告)号：US20230398745A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18298116

申请日：2023-04-10

Applicant: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.

Inventor： Tadeusz Kosmal ,  Kieran Beaumont ,  Eric Link ,  Dalton Phillips ,  Conner Pulling ,  James Lowe ,  Christopher Williams ,  Joseph Kubalak

IPC: B29C64/379 ,  B29C64/209 ,  B25J9/16

CPC classification number: B29C64/379 ,  B29C64/209 ,  B25J9/1687 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B33Y10/00

Abstract: An autonomous fabrication method and system are described. A multi-axis robotic arm having at least one end effector is provided, where the at least one end effector comprises an additive manufacturing (AM) toolhead and a component gripping mechanism. The multi-axis robotic arm is directed to fabricate a first portion of an object in a workspace using the AM toolhead, select a prefabricated part using the component gripping mechanism, place the prefabricated part in a predetermined location of the object, and fabricate a second portion of the object in the workspace using the AM toolhead. The object may be one of an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned ground-based vehicle.