System and workstation for the design, fabrication and assembly of 3-dimensional constructs
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Publication Number
US-11249459-B2
Publication Date
2022-02-15
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Abstract
Methods and systems for designing a volumetric model of a construct at a user interface through use of a 3-D design, fabrication and assembly system comprising a modeling component, a robotic assembly workstation component, and a workflow configuration module to generate, through the workflow configuration module, a 3-D print bill of materials for a rendered volumetric model; generate a workflow configuration model based on the 3-D print bill of materials, the model including an automated robot control scheme of a series of assembly order instructions to direct a multi-axis robot of the robotic assembly workstation component to print and/or assemble a construct; transmit the workflow configuration model to the robotic assembly workstation component with a print and/or assembly command in accordance with the automated robot control scheme; and print and/or assemble the construct with the multi-axis robot in accordance with the print and/or assembly command.
Core Innovation
The 3-D design, fabrication and assembly system generates a workflow configuration model from a rendered volumetric model of a construct. The system transmits the rendered volumetric model to a workflow configuration module and generates a 3-D print bill of materials for the rendered volumetric model, then generates the workflow configuration model based on the 3-D print bill of materials.
The workflow configuration model comprises an automated robot control scheme that includes a series of assembly order instructions. The assembly order instructions direct a robotic assembly workstation component to print and/or assemble the construct in accordance with the automated robot control scheme, and the workflow configuration model is transmitted to the robotic assembly workstation component with a print and/or assembly command.
The system also produces an assembly order sequence from a production queue of one or more assembly orders. The assembly order sequence is generated based on a ranking of one or more production factors, one or more artificial intelligence factors, one or more throughput optimization factors, or combinations thereof, and is displayed on a user interface.
Claims Coverage
The document provides three independent claims. Across these claims, the inventive coverage centers on generating workflow configuration models from rendered volumetric models via a 3-D print bill of materials, producing an automated robot control scheme with series of assembly order instructions, and generating production-queue based assembly order sequencing using production factors, artificial intelligence factors, and throughput optimization factors.
Workflow configuration model derived from rendered volumetric model and 3-D print bill of materials
Transmitting a rendered volumetric model of the construct to a workflow configuration module; generating, through the workflow configuration module, a 3-D print bill of materials for the rendered volumetric model; and generating a workflow configuration model for the rendered volumetric model based on the 3-D print bill of materials.
Automated robot control scheme with series of assembly order instructions
The workflow configuration model comprises an automated robot control scheme comprising a series of assembly order instructions to direct a robotic assembly workstation component to print and/or assemble the construct in accordance with the automated robot control scheme.
Deployment of workflow configuration model to robotic assembly workstation for printing and/or assembling
Transmitting the workflow configuration model comprising the automated robot control scheme to the robotic assembly workstation component with a print and/or assembly command in accordance with the automated robot control scheme; and printing and/or assembling the construct in accordance with the print and/or assembly command.
Production-queue driven assembly order sequencing with ranking of production, artificial intelligence, and throughput optimization factors
Automatically generating an assembly order sequence for one or more assembly orders in the production queue based on a ranking of one or more production factors, one or more artificial intelligence factors, one or more throughput optimization factors, or combinations thereof.
Displaying assembly order sequence and executing printing or assembling according to sequence
Displaying the assembly order sequence on a user interface; and printing and/or assembling one or more constructs with the respective robotic assembly workstation components in accordance with the assembly order sequence.
Overall claim coverage ties together workflow configuration model generation from a rendered volumetric model using a 3-D print bill of materials, an automated robot control scheme with series of assembly order instructions that drive robotic assembly workstation printing and/or assembling, and production-queue based assembly order sequencing using ranked production factors, artificial intelligence factors, and throughput optimization factors.
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