Deployable Contour Crafting
AssigneeUniversity of Southern California
InventorBehrokh Khoshnevis
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Abstract
A deployable crafting machine may include a vehicle and a gantry system. The gantry system may be configured to be collapsed on the vehicle during which the gantry system is inoperable and to be expanded during which the gantry system is operable and supported at least in part by the vehicle. A deployable crafting process may include moving a vehicle to a first location while a gantry system is stored on the vehicle in a collapsed and inoperable state and expanding the gantry system into an operable state after the vehicle arrives at the first location during which the gantry system is supported at least in part by the vehicle.
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A deployable crafting machine comprising:
- a vehicle;
- and
- a gantry system configured to be collapsed on the vehicle during which the gantry system is inoperable and to be expanded during which the gantry system is operable and supported at least in part by the vehicle.
A deployable crafting process comprising:
- moving a vehicle to a first location while a gantry system is stored on the vehicle in a collapsed and inoperable state;
- and
- expanding the gantry system into an operable state after the vehicle arrives at the first location during which the gantry system is supported at least in part by the vehicle.
A deployable crafting process comprising:
- moving a vehicle to a first location while a gantry system is stored on the vehicle in a collapsed and inoperable state;
- expanding the gantry system into an operable state after the vehicle arrives at the first location;
- using the expanded gantry system to craft a structure at the first location;
- collapsing the gantry system into the collapsed and inoperable state on the vehicle at the first location;
- moving the vehicle to a second location while the gantry system is stored on the vehicle in the collapsed and inoperable state;
- expanding the gantry system into an operable state after the vehicle arrives at the second location;
- using the expanded gantry system to craft a structure at the second location;
- and
- collapsing the gantry system into the collapsed and inoperable state on the vehicle at the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.