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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2023
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Tadeusz Kosmal, Falls Church, VA (US);
Kieran Beaumont, Reston, VA (US);
Eric Link, Vienna, VA (US);
Dalton Phillips, Columbia, MO (US);
Conner Pulling, Norfolk, VA (US);
James Lowe, Reston, VA (US);
Christopher Williams, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Joseph Kubalak, College, PA (US);
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
An autonomous fabrication method and system are described. A multi-axis robotic arm having at least one end effector is provided, where the at least one end effector comprises an additive manufacturing (AM) toolhead and a component gripping mechanism. The multi-axis robotic arm is directed to fabricate a first portion of an object in a workspace using the AM toolhead, select a prefabricated part using the component gripping mechanism, place the prefabricated part in a predetermined location of the object, and fabricate a second portion of the object in the workspace using the AM toolhead. The object may be one of an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned ground-based vehicle.