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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2019
Made IN Space, Inc., Moffett Field, CA (US);
Michael P. Snyder, Jacksonville, FL (US);
William Brandon Kirkland, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Douglas Alan Marsh, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Patrick F. Flowers, Jacksonville, FL (US);
MADE IN SPACE, INC., Moffett Field, CA (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed including a robotic arm movable about a rotational axis to at least one of move and reposition a part at least one of during part creation and after part creation in a micro-gravity environment, wherein creation is performed by at least one of a polymer-based additive manufacturing subsystem and a metallic-based additive manufacturing subsystem and a gripping device attached to the robotic arm which holds the part during at least one of part creation and after part creation. Another system and method are also disclosed.