Jace McPherson
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2
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65
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About
Jace McPherson is a leading researcher in the emerging field of cooperative 3D printing (C3DP), a transformative approach that deploys multiple mobile robots to work collaboratively on a single print job. His work directly tackles the core limitations of traditional additive manufacturing: scalability in both print size and speed. McPherson’s major contribution is the development of a novel "chunk-based" slicing strategy, which intelligently divides a 3D model into discrete, printable segments that can be distributed among a team of robots. This paradigm shift, detailed in his highly cited 2018 paper (49 citations), overcomes the constraints of conventional layer-by-layer printing. He further advanced the field with a heuristic scaling strategy (2019, 16 citations) that optimizes the allocation of tasks among multiple robots to maximize efficiency. By addressing the fundamental challenge of coordinating multiple agents in a shared workspace, McPherson’s research is paving the way for C3DP to compete with mainstream manufacturing, enabling the rapid, large-scale production of objects that were previously impossible to print.
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- 1A chunk-based slicer for cooperative 3D printing49 citations · 2018
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