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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Brian Weinberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Constantinos Mavroidis, Arlington, MA (US);
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for using hieroglyphs for communication in a rapid fabrication environment. The method includes receiving, by a control system for an articulated robotic arm, one or more images of a fabrication machine build space. The method includes identifying, by the control system, a hieroglyph present in the one or more images and translating the identified hieroglyph into one or more instructions for manipulation of the articulated robotic arm. The method includes causing the articulated robotic arm to carry out the instructions translated from the identified hieroglyph. Accordingly foreign objects are inserted into fabricated objects during an automated rapid fabrication process without extensive redesign of the rapid fabrication machine. In some implementations, an unmodified third-party stereolithographic rapid fabrication machine can be used.