Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition Surfaces
The necessity of developing more realistic artificial food requires the aggregation of different biomaterials in an ordered and controlled manner. One of the most advanced methods for this is food printers reproducing additive manufacturing processes. This study presents a fully automatized 3D food...
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| author | Karen Jazmin Mendoza-Bautista Mariana S. Flores-Jimenez Laisha Daniela Vázquez Tejeda Serrano Grissel Trujillo de Santiago Mario Moises Alvarez Arturo Molina Mariel Alfaro-Ponce Isaac Chairez |
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| description | The necessity of developing more realistic artificial food requires the aggregation of different biomaterials in an ordered and controlled manner. One of the most advanced methods for this is food printers reproducing additive manufacturing processes. This study presents a fully automatized 3D food printer leveraging collaborative Cartesian and multi-ink robotic systems to create complex food structures, with materials with different rheological settings using a screw conveyor configuration with controlled motion velocity. The developed food printer followed a formal mechatronic design strategy with fully functional instrumentation and automation systems. An adaptive controller was developed and implemented to regulate the coordinated operation of booth robotic devices, which are enforced by the G-code corresponding to the target food structure, leading to the necessary resolution. This device was tested with different commercial food inks to develop structures with complex shapes. The workability of the developed printer was confirmed by examining the food samples obtained using multiple materials, including creating different three-dimensional structures of a single complex food ink and creating simple structures made of different food inks with diverse structures that could yield a synthetic tissue that reproduces synthetic meat. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8dc2c60de1d24096b4243e2260cfec282025-08-20T01:48:42ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2025-02-0116326410.3390/mi16030264Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition SurfacesKaren Jazmin Mendoza-Bautista0Mariana S. Flores-Jimenez1Laisha Daniela Vázquez Tejeda Serrano2Grissel Trujillo de Santiago3Mario Moises Alvarez4Arturo Molina5Mariel Alfaro-Ponce6Isaac Chairez7School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Zapopan 45201, MexicoSchool of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Zapopan 45201, MexicoSchool of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey 64700, MexicoSchool of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey 64700, MexicoSchool of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey 64700, MexicoInstituto Tecnológico de Tláhuac III, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Tlahuac 13278, MexicoInstitute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus CDMX, Ciudad de México 14380, MexicoInstitute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Zapopan 45201, MexicoThe necessity of developing more realistic artificial food requires the aggregation of different biomaterials in an ordered and controlled manner. One of the most advanced methods for this is food printers reproducing additive manufacturing processes. This study presents a fully automatized 3D food printer leveraging collaborative Cartesian and multi-ink robotic systems to create complex food structures, with materials with different rheological settings using a screw conveyor configuration with controlled motion velocity. The developed food printer followed a formal mechatronic design strategy with fully functional instrumentation and automation systems. An adaptive controller was developed and implemented to regulate the coordinated operation of booth robotic devices, which are enforced by the G-code corresponding to the target food structure, leading to the necessary resolution. This device was tested with different commercial food inks to develop structures with complex shapes. The workability of the developed printer was confirmed by examining the food samples obtained using multiple materials, including creating different three-dimensional structures of a single complex food ink and creating simple structures made of different food inks with diverse structures that could yield a synthetic tissue that reproduces synthetic meat.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/16/3/264additive manufacturingfood printingcurve-shaped printingmulti-ink food printercollaborative robotics |
| spellingShingle | Karen Jazmin Mendoza-Bautista Mariana S. Flores-Jimenez Laisha Daniela Vázquez Tejeda Serrano Grissel Trujillo de Santiago Mario Moises Alvarez Arturo Molina Mariel Alfaro-Ponce Isaac Chairez Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition Surfaces Micromachines additive manufacturing food printing curve-shaped printing multi-ink food printer collaborative robotics |
| title | Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition Surfaces |
| title_full | Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition Surfaces |
| title_fullStr | Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition Surfaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition Surfaces |
| title_short | Collaborative Heterogeneous Mini-Robotic 3D Printer for Manufacturing Complex Food Structures with Multiple Inks and Curved Deposition Surfaces |
| title_sort | collaborative heterogeneous mini robotic 3d printer for manufacturing complex food structures with multiple inks and curved deposition surfaces |
| topic | additive manufacturing food printing curve-shaped printing multi-ink food printer collaborative robotics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/16/3/264 |
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