학술논문

SLAAM: Simultaneous Localization and Additive Manufacturing
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Robotics IEEE Trans. Robot. Robotics, IEEE Transactions on. 37(2):334-349 Apr, 2021
Subject
Robotics and Control Systems
Computing and Processing
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Printers
Geometry
Simultaneous localization and mapping
Three-dimensional printing
Mobile robots
rapid prototyping
simultaneous localization and mapping
state estimation
three-dimensional (3-D) printing
Language
ISSN
1552-3098
1941-0468
Abstract
This article presents a viable approach to mobile 3-D printing in which a large object is printed in segments. The printer's motion between printing each segment is localized precisely using the novel procedure of simultaneous localization and additive manufacturing (SLAAM), enabling the joining of subsequent segments while also maintaining overall geometric compliance of the printed part. SLAAM achieves sub-mm accuracy on objects over 400 mm long. SLAAM demonstrates the importance of fusing local (3-D scanner), and global (total-station range finder) sensing, and of maintaining, and updating estimates of the printed part geometry in a global frame. A six-parameter representation for a printed object's planar surfaces, consisting of the plane's normal vector, and a 3-D point on the planar patch itself, demonstrates good performance even in the presence of high odometry error.