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We introduce Swarm Fabrication, a novel concept of creating on-demand, scalable, and reconfigurable fabrication machines made of swarm robots. We present ways to construct an element of fabrication machines, such as motors, elevator, table,…
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Extrusion-based 3D printing of cementitious materials enables fabrication of complex structures, however it is highly sensitive to disturbances, material property variations, and process uncertainties that decrease flow stability and…
We address the problem of texturing flat surfaces by spray-painting through 3D printed stencils. We propose a system that (1) decomposes an image into alpha-blended layers; (2) computes a stippling given a transparency channel; (3)…
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