2023/12/02 by Yijia Wu, Zilin Dai, Wu, Yijia +7
Computer Science · Engineering · #Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials #Interactive and Immersive Displays #Robotics (cs.RO)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2312.01135
openalex publication_date 2023/12/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Pneumatic soft robots are typically fabricated by molding, a manual fabrication process that requires skilled labor. Additive manufacturing has the potential to break this limitation and speed up the fabrication process but struggles with consistently producing high-quality prints. We propose a low-cost approach to improve the print quality of desktop fused deposition modeling by adding a webcam to the printer to monitor the printing process and detect and correct defects such as holes or gaps. We demonstrate that our approach improves the air-tightness of printed pneumatic actuators without fine-tuning printing parameters. Our approach presents a new option for robustly fabricating airtight, soft robotic actuators.