Patent ID: 7848838

Claim:
A digital assembler for creating a three-dimensional object, comprising: a synchronized digital system, the synchronized digital system having a set of subunits, each subunit being responsible for a different function, the subunits comprising: at least one assembly head for placing lines of digital material in a prespecified location in a line-by-line fashion, wherein a line of digital material comprises a plurality of digital material parts arranged linearly, the assembly head being specifically adapted such that all digital material in a line is placed into the object simultaneously; at least one error correction mechanism, the error correction mechanism working in cooperation with the assembler head to detect and repair errors in the digital material lines during assembly of the object, the error correction mechanism being specifically adapted to remove in its entirety any line found to have errors and to replace any removed line with an entirely new line; at least one parts feeder for supplying digital material parts to the assembly head; and at least one controller for directing the operation of at least one of the assembly head, error correction mechanism, or parts feeder.