Large-scale 3D printing by a team of mobile robots

• Main Authors: Tay, Daniel Yi Wei, Zhang, Xu, Li, Mingyang, Lim, Jian Hui, Weng, Yiwei, Pham, Hung, Pham, Quang-Cuong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: 3D Cementitious Material Printing; Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Additive Manufacturing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84188; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50175
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Scalability is a problem common to most existing 3D printing processes, where the size of the design is strictly constrained by the chamber volume of the 3D printer. This issue is more pronounced in the building and construction industry, where it is impractical to have printers that are larger than...