This paper discusses the design, fabrication and operational workflow of a novel hot-wire cutter used as an end effector for a robotic arm. Typically, hot wire cutters used a linear cutting element which results in ruled surfaces geometry. While several researchers have examined the use of hot wire cutter with cooperative robotic arms to create non-ruled surface geometry, this research explores the use of an actuated hot wire cutter manoeuver by a single robotic arm to produce similar form. The paper outlines the machine making process and its workflow resulting in a 1:1 scale prototype. The paper concludes by examining how the novel tool can be applied to an urban stage design. The research set up a fabrication procedure that has the potential to be deployed as an on-site fabrication methodology.


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    Title :

    Freeform Volumetric Fabrication Using Actuated Robotic Hot Wire Cutter


    Contributors:
    Yuan, Philip F. (editor) / Yao, Jiawei (editor) / Yan, Chao (editor) / Wang, Xiang (editor) / Leach, Neil (editor) / Loh, Paul (author) / Hou, Yuhan (author) / Tse, Chun Tung (author) / Mo, Jiaqi (author) / Leggett, David (author)

    Conference:

    The International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication ; 2020 ; Shanghai, China July 05, 2020 - July 06, 2020


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2021-01-29


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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