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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Mauro Marzorati, Lutz, FL (US);
Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US);
Randy A. Rendahl, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, using a processor, data representing a 3D physical object by a processing device, and controlling, using the processor, a 3D printing device to apply successive layers of a material by a printing head including a nozzle. The controlling includes depositing at least one layer by instructing a snake robot of a configurable track system to form a shape and define a movement track that corresponds to a movement profile aligned with the 3D model, moving the printing head along the movement track defined by the snake robot, and depositing the at least one layer via the nozzle as the printing head is moved along the movement track.