The goal of the project was to create a hardware and software platform for performing mobile 6-axis additive manufacturing on a hexapod base. The 6-axis 3D printer translated in the x-, y-, and z-axes and rotated in the a-, b-, and c-axes. Being 6-axis removes the need for supports to be printed, speeding up print times. Being a mobile 3D printer allows for a theoretically infinite print area/size of the print. The software converted 3D models into 6-axis instructions for the robot without further user input.

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Creator

• Krigsman, Jamie
• Cook, Christopher
• Crist, Caden

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 51131
• E-project-031422-211452

Keyword

• Hexapod
• 3d Printer
• Mobile
• 6 axis

Advisor

• Agheli Hajiabadi, Mohammad Mahdi
• Gennert, Michael A.

Year

• 2022

Date created

• 2022-03-14

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science
• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2024-03-13