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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Eli M. Dow, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Tynan J. Garrett, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Emily M. Metruck, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Charles J. Stocker, IV, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of a computer implemented method of manufacturing an object includes receiving instructions to manufacture an object by a three-dimensional (3D) printing operation, determining a manufacturing plan for performing the 3D printing operation, the manufacturing plan prescribing a plurality of operational stages to be performed cooperatively by a plurality of independently operable mobile machines, providing instructions to the plurality of mobile machines, each of the plurality of mobile machines configured to perform at least one of the plurality of operational stages, and manufacturing the object by the plurality of mobile machines according to the manufacturing plan.