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sPrintr: Towards In-Situ Personal Fabrication using a Mobile 3D Printer

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Daniel Campos Zamora,

Jennifer Mankoff,

Jon E. FroehlichAuthors Info & Claims

SCF '22: Proceedings of the 7th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication

Article No.: 31, Pages 1 - 3

https://doi.org/10.1145/3559400.3565587

Published: 26 October 2022 Publication History

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We present our early work on sPrintr, a pipeline consisting of a mobile 3D printer and graphical interface to enable in-situ fabrication with consumer-grade hardware and fabrication tools. We prototyped two initial components of that pipeline i) a mobile 3D printer and ii) a user interface that helps users arrange, preview, and plan prints in their environment using a floor plan layout. We identify challenges in the automation of mobile printing systems, on-the-go printing, and human-machine interfaces for in-situ design and fabrication.

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Campos Zamora DHe LFroehlich J(2024)MobiPrint: A Mobile 3D Printer for Environment-Scale Design and FabricationProceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3654777.3676459(1-10)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654777.3676459
Jones LGrip GKennedy ENabil S(2024)A Year of Interaction Around Town: Gathering Traces with an Interactive Knitting Machine and Community Stitch MarkersProceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3643834.3660736(1116-1133)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3643834.3660736
Stemasov EDemharter SRädler MGugenheimer JRukzio E(2024)pARam: Leveraging Parametric Design in Extended Reality to Support the Personalization of Artifacts for Personal FabricationProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642083(1-22)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642083

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SCF '22: Proceedings of the 7th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication

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DOI:10.1145/3559400

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Campos Zamora DHe LFroehlich J(2024)MobiPrint: A Mobile 3D Printer for Environment-Scale Design and FabricationProceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3654777.3676459(1-10)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654777.3676459
Jones LGrip GKennedy ENabil S(2024)A Year of Interaction Around Town: Gathering Traces with an Interactive Knitting Machine and Community Stitch MarkersProceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3643834.3660736(1116-1133)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3643834.3660736
Stemasov EDemharter SRädler MGugenheimer JRukzio E(2024)pARam: Leveraging Parametric Design in Extended Reality to Support the Personalization of Artifacts for Personal FabricationProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642083(1-22)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642083

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