SBF robotic cell

A team of engineers and I developed an automated fabrication line for Strong by Form. The goal was to obtain a wooden board made with orientated chips. This board will then be molded using vacuum and heat in another machine, to produce a geometry that optimizes resistance considering the chip orientation, like the one shown in the image below:

To achieve this, we generated the following mechanical subsystems:

• Plank elevator.
• Plank slicer.
• Chip cutter.
• Robot arm manipulator (small).
• Robot arm manipulator (big).
• Glue pump.

We also installed sensors and programmed the system.