Systems and methods for the automated fabrication of trusses
AssigneeCJP IP Holdings, Ltd.
InventorJoseph F Pinkerton
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Abstract
An automated fabrication system is provided that utilizes electromagnetism to manipulate and/or sense the location of raw materials on a platform. Tools located around said platform may be utilized to fabricate a predetermined structure out of the raw materials. Tags that can be electromagnetically manipulated and sensed may be placed on passive raw materials. Structures fabricated from such a system may be, for example, a roof truss. Additionally, the fabrication system may be mobilized by way of a truck such that structures may be built on-site.
Claims20
A method of building a truss structure using a mobile fabrication facility comprising an automotive wheeled vehicle, the automotive wheeled vehicle comprising a platform, wherein the mobile fabrication facility is operable to travel from a first location to a second location comprising a building construction site, the method comprising:
- receiving instructions at the mobile fabrication facility, wherein the instructions comprise a particular truss structure;
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- utilizing the instructions to build the particular truss structure with the mobile fabrication facility, wherein the step of utilizing the instructions to build the particular truss structure includes moving a raw material stored within the mobile fabrication facility across at least a portion of the platform by actions including electromagnetically interacting with a tag on the raw material from the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.