An 8-Axis Robot Based Rough Cutting System for Surface Sculpturing

Zhu, Jiang; Tanaka, Ryoko; Tanaka, Tomohisa; Saitō, Yoshio

doi:10.1007/1-84628-559-3_23

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“…For the purpose of modeling the wire rectilinear solid material developed a special methodology to generate models of a specific error e % reduced triangles using straight hot wire as a tool (Fig. 1) [18]. To increase the kinematics possibility was used 6 axis robot associated with a controlled two angle table [18] (Fig.…”

Section: Using Of Robot To Polystyrene Foam Shapingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Model of Mechatronics Robots Tool with Controlled Geometry

Mikołajczyk¹,

Romanowski²,

Sojka³

2013

AMM

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The paper presents a model of tool with controlled geometry of the active surface. This tool is very suitable for use with an industrial robot, for example, to form polystyrene foam. The tool was built in the form of two discs mounted on axes stepper motors positioned in the frame. This discs combined using two wires with feature a length of a wire compensation system. It was made using the spiral spring. Tool geometry was set by rotating one of the discs at a specific angle (0-180o). After starting the both engines, concurrently at the same direction, surface of tool action is obtained in the form of hyperboloid. To run the tool uses stepper motors connected to a computer equipped with an interface card and specially developed control software. Tool joined to the IRb60 robot wrist can obtain curved surface as a superposition of the kinematics of tool and robot wrist.

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Section: Using Of Robot To Polystyrene Foam Shapingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In rapid prototyping industrial robots are used for shaping, especially large model. in polystyrene foam [15][16][17][18] using hot wire. In this paper the technique of using robots for shaping polystyrene foam models have been discussed.…”

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Model of Mechatronics Robots Tool with Controlled Geometry

Mikołajczyk¹,

Romanowski²,

Sojka³

2013

AMM

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“…Michelangelo is an eight-axis foam sculpting system developed by Zhu et al (2006Zhu et al ( , 2005 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It is composed of a six-axis Motoman industrial robot and a two-axis worktable.…”

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A review of state‐of‐the‐art large‐sized foam cutting rapid prototyping and manufacturing technologies

Brooks

Aitchison

2010

Rapid Prototyping Journal

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Current additive rapid prototyping technologies fail to efficiently produce objects greater than 0.5m³ due to restrictions in build size and build time. Conversely large hot-wire cutting machines, able to cut large objects, often lack the ability to create surfaces with complex geometrical features. Therefore there is a need to develop rapid prototyping and manufacturing technologies capable of producing large objects in a rapid manner directly from CAD data. Large sized freeform objects made of soft materials, such as polystyrene foam, have numerous uses including; conceptual design of commercial products, automotive design, aerodynamic and hydrodynamic testing, advertising, film making, medical supports, sporting equipment and props for the entertainment industry. Plastic foam cutting rapid prototyping is a relatively new technology capable of producing large plastic foam objects directly from CAD data. This paper will describe nine such technologies that have been developed or are currently being developed at institutions around the world.

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“…Also, Chen (6,7) implemented a robotic system for sculptured surface cutting and later developed a technique that uses layer-based machining to sculpt prototypes made of polymers. In the precious research (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13) , a surface sculpturing system based on multi-DOF robot and shaping the 3D work-piece by heated cutting tools is proposed. This sculpturing system combines the advantages of high flexibility of RP and high accuracy of CNC machines, it uses triangular-mesh models as input.…”

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Automatic Tool Path Generation for Robot Integrated Surface Sculpturing System

Zhu

Suzuki

Tanaka

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In this paper, a surface sculpturing system based on 8-axis robot is proposed, the CAD/CAM software and tool path generation algorithm for this sculpturing system are presented. The 8-axis robot is composed of a 6-axis manipulator and a 2-axis worktable, it carves block of polystyrene foams by heated cutting tools. Multi-DOF (Degree of Freedom) robot benefits from the faster fashion than traditional RP (Rapid Prototyping) methods and more flexibility than CNC machining. With its flexibility driven from an 8-axis configuration, as well as efficient custom-developed software for rough cutting and finish cutting, this surface sculpturing system can carve sculptured surface accurately and efficiently.

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An 8-Axis Robot Based Rough Cutting System for Surface Sculpturing

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Model of Mechatronics Robots Tool with Controlled Geometry

Model of Mechatronics Robots Tool with Controlled Geometry

A review of state‐of‐the‐art large‐sized foam cutting rapid prototyping and manufacturing technologies

Automatic Tool Path Generation for Robot Integrated Surface Sculpturing System

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