Creating objects through photosensitve resin
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTushar Agrawal, Sarbajit Kumar Rakshit, Jennifer M. Hatfield, Carolina Garcia Delgado
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Abstract
In an approach to improve three-dimensional (3D) manufacturing, methods determine, based on shape and dimensions of a hollow portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object, to create the 3D object using self-assembling cube robots submerged in a photosensitive resin tank. Additionally, methods instruct the self-assembling cube robots to collaborate to form an approximate shape of the hollow portion of the 3D object. Further, methods cause an ultraviolet (UV) projection system to emit holographic light beams around a structure of the self-assembling cube robots to create the 3D object with the hollow portion.
Claims13
A computer system comprising for creating objects from photosensitive resin using self-assembling cube robots, the computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer-readable storage devices;
- program instructions to determine, based on shape and dimensions of a hollow portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object, to create the 3D object using self-assembling cube robots submerged in a photosensitive resin tank;
- program instructions to instruct the self-assembling cube robots to collaborate to form an approximate shape of the hollow portion of the 3D object;
- and
- program instructions to cause an ultraviolet (UV) projection system to emit holographic light beams around a structure of the self-assembling cube robots to create the 3D object with the hollow portion.
A computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage devices, the stored program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to determine, based on shape and dimensions of a hollow portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object, to create the 3D object using self-assembling cube robots submerged in a photosensitive resin tank;
- program instructions to instruct the self-assembling cube robots to collaborate to form an approximate shape of the hollow portion of the 3D object;
- and
- program instructions to cause an ultraviolet (UV) projection system to emit holographic light beams around a structure of the self-assembling cube robots to create the 3D object with the hollow portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.