From CAD models to toy brick sculptures: A 3D block printer

Yusuke Maeda; Ojiro Nakano; Takashi Maekawa; Shoji Maruo

IROS 2016poster10 citations

From CAD models to toy brick sculptures: A 3D block printer

Yusuke Maeda, Ojiro Nakano, Takashi Maekawa, Shoji Maruo

Abstract

This paper presents a robotic 3D printer: a robot system that can assemble toy brick sculptures from their 3D CAD models. In this system, a 3D CAD model is automatically converted to a block model consisting of primitive toy blocks. Then an assembly plan of the block model is automatically generated, if feasible. According to the plan, an industrial robot assembles a brick sculpture layer by layer from bottom to top. We demonstrate successful assembly of several brick sculptures.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{iros2016_fromcadmodelstot,
  title = {From CAD models to toy brick sculptures: A 3D block printer},
  author = {Yusuke Maeda and Ojiro Nakano and Takashi Maekawa and Shoji Maruo},
  booktitle = {IROS 2016},
  year = {2016}
}