Patent ID: 11899426
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 16:
17. A computer program product for a 3D printing and assembly system including a 3D computer hardware system, a robotic arm and a 3D printer having a build volume, comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having stored therein program code,
the program code, which when executed by the 3D printing and assembly system, causes the 3D printing and assembly system to perform:
identifying, by a vision system, an already-generated object positioned outside of the build volume and accessible by the robotic arm;
identifying a 3D object assembly to be generated by the 3D printer;
real-time analyzing, using the 3D computer hardware system, a combination of the already-generated object and the 3D object assembly to generate sequential instructions for the 3D printer and sequential instructions for the robotic arm;
positioning, within the build volume, the already-generated object using the robotic arm with the sequential instructions for the robotic arm; and
3D printing around the already-generated object using the 3D printer with the sequential instructions for the 3D printer to generate the 3D object assembly, wherein

the sequential instructions for the 3D printer and the sequential instructions for the robotic arm are interdependent, and
the robotic arm is separate from the 3D printer and is configured to access both within the build volume and outside of the 3D printer.