iRobot Corporation (IRBT)

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Another Robotic 3D printer use:

In another example, the fabrication machine 100 may be used to repair a product. The manipulators may position the product such that the sensor system can scan the product and determine the product identifier (for example, an RFID, or 3D barcode). The product identifies may be used to obtain the original design and parameters of the design. The fabrication machine 100 can compare the current state of the design with the intended final state, and create a fabrication plan using the existing structure as the seed. For instance, if a toy helicopter had a damaged tail, the tail may be removed and the fabrication system 100 can recognize the design, determine what is missing, and re-fabricate the tail. Note that the damaged tail may be removed by the fabrication machine 100 using subtractive processing or it may be manually removed. In one embodiment, the fabrication machine 100 may be used to remove damaged or obsolete design elements autonomously.