Development of an Optimized Layer Partitioning Strategy for Cooperative 3D Printing in a Robotic Arm Based Additive Manufacturing System
Cooperative 3D printing (C3DP) with multiple robotic manipulators can reduce build time through parallel deposition, but it requires layer partitioning that accounts for collision clearance, workload balance, G-code toolpath compatibility, and interlayer boundary alignment. This study presents a Voronoi- and graph-base...