Robotic conformal material extrusion 3D printing for appending structures on unstructured surfaces

• Main Authors: Armstrong, Connor David, Montgomery, Stuart Macrae, Yue, Liang, Demoly, Frédéric, Zhou, Kun, Qi, Jerry H.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; 3D printing; Additive manufacturing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178502
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Fabrication of structures in unstructured conditions is a promising area of bolstering the application spaces of additive manufacturing (AM). One emerging application is appending structures on existing ones that may have nonplanar surfaces in unconventional orientations. However, extrusion-based AM...