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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2007
Neil Gershenfeld, Somerville, MA (US);
Patrik Kunzler, Birmensdorf, CH;
George Alex Popescu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Neil Gershenfeld, Somerville, MA (US);
Patrik Kunzler, Birmensdorf, CH;
George Alex Popescu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A digital assembler for creating three-dimensional objects from digital materials made out of discrete components comprises an assembly head, error correction mechanism, parts feeder, and a controller. The assembly head comprises several blades, each with a different function, that move in a linear direction as a unit, assembling the object line-by-line. One blade adds digital materials, another performs error recognition, another performs error removal, and another fills in new digital material where previously removed. In a method for building a structure out of digital materials, a new line is fed to the assembly head and added to the structure. Simultaneously, the new line is pressed down, the last line is checked for errors, the line before last is removed if errors were found during the last cycle, and the line second before last is replaced if it was removed during the previous cycle.
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