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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory David Meess, Berkeley, CA (US);

Kenneth Lawrence Mejia, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew Hovanec, Berkeley, CA (US);

Andreas Linas Bastian, Oakland, CA (US);

Cory Mark Bloome, San Francisco, CA (US);

Peter J. Schmehl, Berkeley, CA (US);

Joseph Isaac Sadusk, San Francisco, CA (US);

James Sherwood Page, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G05B 2219/49007 (2013.01); Y02P 80/40 (2015.11);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a multi-tool additive manufacturing system that executes in a three-dimensional build volume. In one aspect, a system includes a build platform; a support; a first robot coupled with the support and configured to operate in a build volume defined by the build platform, wherein the first robot includes a first additive manufacturing tool; a second robot coupled with the support and configured to operate in the build volume, wherein the second robot includes a second additive manufacturing tool; wherein the first robot and the second robot are programmed to coordinate simultaneous application; and wherein a first tool path of the first additive manufacturing tool in the first region abuts or overlaps with a second tool path of the second additive manufacturing tool in the second region so as to form a bond.


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