Construction sites are typically associated with the need for caution, adherence to protocols, and manual labor. This project explores the development of the PRIMO (mobile printer) - a 6-axis 3D printing construction robot - with the potential to revolutionize the construction industry by enabling printing in remote locations and improving these aspects of construction. The six-legged (hexapod) robot can walk and its main body has six degrees of freedom, facilitating non planar printing on an almost limitless print bed size. In Addition, the robot is equipped with a custom concrete extruder and brick placement mechanism, enabling the printing of entire structures with minimal human intervention, one after another.

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Creator

• Longo, Aaron
• Stilwagen, Christian

Subject

• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 106521
• E-project-042723-160446

Keyword

• Hexapod
• 3D Printer

Advisor

• Agheli Hajiabadi, Mohammad Mahdi
• Nemitz, Markus

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2023-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Robotics Engineering

Source

• E-project-042723-160446

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-15