Abstract: A robot arm having a compound joint between a first limb of the arm and a second limb of the arm, the second limb of the arm being distal of the first limb, the arm comprising: a coupler element coupled to the first limb of the arm by a first revolute joint having a first rotation axis and to the second limb of the arm by a second revolute joint having a second rotation axis; first and second rotational position sensors for sensing the configuration of the arm about the first and second joints respectively; first and second torque sensors for sensing the torque applied about the first and second joints respectively; a control unit for controlling the operation of the arm; a first communications unit borne by the arm and located proximally of the coupler and a second communications unit borne by the arm and located distally of the coupler, each communications unit being capable of encoding data received from one or more of the position and/or torque sensors in a first data format into data packets and transmit

Abstract: A robot control device controls a robot provided with a force detection device. The robot control device includes an extension slot having a connector to which an interface board to communicate with the force detection device can be connected. It is preferable that the extension slot is removable. It is also preferable that the robot control device has the interface board having a connector to be connected to the extension slot.

Abstract: Systems configured to couple with and identify encoded end effectors and related methods of use are described.

Abstract: A method for detecting a collision of a robot arm with an object and a correspondingly configured robot. The robot arm is a part of the robot and includes a plurality of serially arranged links mounted relative to respective axes, and position sensors allocated to the individual axes are provided for determining the poses of any two adjacent links relative to one another. The robot further includes an electronic control device connected to the positioning devices, and actuators controlled by the electronic control device for automatically moving the links. The method includes evaluating whether at least one invariant for a target movement of the robot arm is satisfied by an actual movement of the robot arm and, when the evaluation results in a non-satisfaction of the at least one invariant, then indicating a collision of the robot arm with the object and initiating a safety function of the robot.

Abstract: An end effector system is disclosed for a robotic system that includes a primary acquisition system that includes a primary end effector, and a secondary retention system that substantially surrounds at least a portion of the primary acquisition system, wherein at least a portion of the primary acquisition system may be drawn up within at least a portion of the secondary retention system such that the primary end effector system may be used to select an object from a plurality of objects, and the secondary retention system may be used to secure the object for rapid transport to an output destination.

Abstract: A gripping device configured as a robot tool or a robot hand includes two gripper fingers rotationally coupled to each other by a joint. The gripper fingers are pivotable about a rotational axis between a gripping position and a release position, the rotational axis being defined by the joint. An angle between the gripper fingers about the rotational axis is larger in the gripping position than in the release position. The gripper fingers are configured to reach through a through-hole in an object to be gripped from a first side of the object. The gripper fingers have an end piece at a distal end thereof, the end piece being configured to engage behind the object at a second side of the object opposite the first side along a length axis of the gripper fingers. The joint is fixed to a joint support extending from a main body.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing high flow vacuum control to an end effector of an articulated arm. The system includes a high flow vacuum source that provides an opening with an area of high flow vacuum at the end effector such that objects may be engaged while permitting substantial flow of air through the opening, and a load detection system for characterizing the load presented by the object.

Abstract: A gripper control device includes a controller, the controller is configured to conduct: a grasp quality evaluation process to obtain a grasp quality contribution degree for each of a plurality of contact positions at which fingers that support the object are in contact with the object; a finger-to-be-moved determination process configured to determine, as a finger-to-be-moved, the finger corresponding to one of the contact positions at which the grasp quality contribution degree is low; and a finger movement control process configured to send a control command to a finger driving apparatus, wherein the grasp quality contribution degree for each of the multiple contact positions is defined using at least one of the following elements: relative positions of the plurality of contact positions related to the object; and friction coefficients between the object and the fingers at the plurality of contact positions.

Abstract: A winding structure of a joint of a robot includes a first servo, a second servo connected to the first servo, the second servo being rotatable with respect to the first servo, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) configured to connect the first servo to the second servo; and a winding assembly connected to the first servo. The winding assembly is used to wind the FPCB thereon.

Abstract: A force detection apparatus includes a first member, a second member placed to be opposed to the first member, a sensor device placed between the first member and the second member and including a force detection element having at a piezoelectric element that outputs a signal according to an external force, and a pressurization bolt provided in an outer periphery of the sensor device in a plan view as seen from a direction in which the first member and the second member overlap and pressurizing the sensor device, wherein the first member has a groove which is between the sensor device and the pressurization bolt in the plan view.

Abstract: A force detection apparatus includes a first member, a second member, a piezoelectric sensor device sandwiched by the first member and the second member and outputting electric charge according to an external force, and a conversion and output circuit converting an electric charge output from the piezoelectric sensor device into a voltage and outputting the voltage. When a detectable range of a component of the external force in a predetermined axis direction is a first range, the external force is detected within the first range. When the detectable range is a second range different from the first range, the external force is detected within the second range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shearing tool such as scissors, comprising first and second cutting members pivotally coupled with each other, and a linkage pivotally coupled to the first and second cutting members, whereby the linkage and one of the first and second cutting members form together a compound lever mechanism. A force applied by an operator onto the shearing tool increases as an output by the linkage, and the increasing force is conveyed to that cutting member so that the cutting power of the shearing tool increase to allow hard-to-cut materials to be cut manually and easily with less effort from the operator.

Abstract: A clipper holder, for electrical hair clippers, includes an upper enclosure with a major arc element having a diameter to accommodate the clipper. Left and right portions of the major arc element terminate in opposing blunt ends. The space between the opposing ends is wide enough to allow passage of the clipper's cord. A lower enclosure has a smaller major arc element that is coplanar and coaxial with the upper enclosure. The smaller major arc element can accommodate the clipper's cord. Left and right portions of the smaller major arc element are contiguous with curvilinear portions that extend forward, curving upward toward the opposing blunt ends, finishing as vertical extensions with blunt tips. The vertical extensions prevent forward movement of an enclosed clipper. The smaller major arc element prevents movement anywhere else but up. An angled connecting rear rod supports the enclosures and is attached to a mounting plate.

Abstract: In a cutting device for cutting a round, a transparent substrate is arranged on an object to be cut. A sleeving tube is arranged on the transparent substrate. An end of a transverse rod penetrates through the sleeving rod and extends to over the object. The position of the transverse rod in the sleeving rod is adjusted by a locking member. The other end of the transverse rod is fixed to a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly selectively touches the object. A rotating assembly is combined with the transparent substrate and penetrates through the transparent substrate. When the rotating assembly is pressed to touch the object and the rotating assembly rotates on the object to rotate the transparent substrate, the transverse rod moves the cutting assembly to perform a round-cutting operation on the object or paint a round line on the object.

Abstract: A cutting device includes a support member, a reading unit, a conveyance portion, a movement portion, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the cutting device to perform processes. The processes include conveying the support member in the sub-scanning direction by controlling the conveyance portion. The processes include causing the reading unit to read a support area and a determination area of the support member supporting the object to be cut that includes a target pattern, while the support member is being conveyed in the sub-scanning direction. The processes include detecting a same position in the main scanning direction as a specific position when, in first image data generated by the reading of the determination area, abnormal pixels are continuously present for a predetermined number or more in the sub-scanning direction at the same position in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: A product slicer incorporating an automatic slicer engagement mechanism attached to a carriage assembly for quick, safe, reliable, and releasable engagement with a belt to provide powered automated slicing, and disengagement to allow manual slicing.

Abstract: A system for separating cut food products includes a flow inlet, a flow outlet, and at least one drum connecting the flow inlet and the flow outlet. The flow inlet may be oriented to direct the cut food product tangentially into the at least one drum. The flow inlet may be oriented to direct the cut food product into the at least one drum at a right angle to a longitudinal axis of the at least one drum. The at least one drum may be a plurality of drums including a first drum having the flow inlet and a second drum having the flow outlet. The system may include a passageway providing fluid communication from the first drum to the second drum. The passageway may include a tapered section. The flow inlet may be aligned with the flow outlet.

Abstract: A saw has a system for sensing the torque on a cutting blade to signal when the blade begins to cut material. The saw has a drive belt extending between a driven wheel and a drive wheel and a belt tensioner that engages a side of the belt and maintains tension in the belt. The belt tensioner is movable to maintain the tension in the belt. A control system calculates the movement of the belt tensioner. The saw has a system for determining the size of the sacrificial blade. A through beam photoelectric emitter and receiver pair are positioned on opposite sides of the blade such that a largest cutting blade is moved above the beam regardless of a horizontal position of the cutting blade and sensor senses a vertical position of the axis of the blade. The sensor senses the vertical position of the blade axis when the blade is moved above the beam.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing plywood includes receiving a face sheet on a main conveyor and feeding a plurality of pieces of core veneer onto a veneer conveyor by an automated core veneer feeder. The method also includes removing one or more of the plurality of pieces of core veneer from the veneer conveyor and placing the one or more of the plurality of pieces of core veneer onto the face sheet.

Abstract: A hand saw machine with environment control device includes a motor assembly, a cutting tool for cutting a work piece and driven to rotate by the motor assembly, and an environment control device connected to the motor assembly, wherein the environment control device includes an air intake hood sheltering the motor assembly from residual particles ejected by the work piece during cutting, wherein the hand saw machine further has an air passage formed by the environment control device and the motor assembly.

Abstract: A wood splitting device includes a base formed as a base plate with a horizontally upwardly facing wood parking surface and a wood fixing arrangement fixed to the base for fixing a piece of wood disposed on the wood parking surface. The wood splitting includes a holder for holding a compressed-air-driven striking mechanism formed as a hand-held pneumatic hammer above the fixed piece. The pneumatic hammer has an upper-side handle, an actuator arrangement, and a tool carrier shaft, at the lower end of which a tool holder for receiving a splitting attachment is arranged. The holder is formed so that the pneumatic hammer is releasably attachable thereto. A wood splitting method includes disposing of a piece of wood to be split on a wood parking surface, fixing the disposed piece of wood, moving a striking mechanism into a working position, and operating and holding down the striking mechanism.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to integrated core-shell investment casting molds that provide a filament structure corresponding to a cooling hole pattern in the surface of the turbine blade, stator vane, or shroud. The disclosure also relates to the forming of a ceramic coating on at least a portion of the shell of the core-shell casting mold.

Abstract: The invention comprises a method of forming a slab on grade. The method comprises placing a first layer of insulating material horizontally on the ground and placing plastic concrete for a slab on grade on the first layer of insulating material. The plastic concrete is then formed into a desired shape having a top and sides. A second layer of insulating material is placed on the top of the plastic concrete and the first and second layers of insulating material are left in place until the concrete is at least partially cured. The second layer of insulating material is then removed. The product made by the method is also disclosed. A slab on grade is also disclosed.

Abstract: A mix dispenser (14) comprises a hopper (24) with a top opening (26) for filling the hopper with a predetermined amount of mix and a bottom opening (28). The dispenser comprises a conveyor (30) which forms the bottom of said hopper (24) and is designed to extract the mix from the hopper (24) and convey it towards an end from where it falls into a mould. The dispenser is characterized in that said conveyor (30) comprises a supporting meshwork (32) made of a material resistant to the vapours of solvents such as styrene and operated by an electric motor (34). Furthermore a plant comprising such as dispenser is also described.

Abstract: A mixer is disclosed including a sealed mixing chamber having an interior, and a rotating mixing bowl within the interior of the sealed mixing chamber. A stand operatively supports the sealed mixing chamber. The stand includes: a foundation, a mixing chamber base movably coupled to the foundation and positioning the sealed mixing chamber at an angle relative to horizontal, and a linear actuator system configured to move the mixing chamber base relative to the foundation in at least one linear direction. A rotating mixing head is operatively positioned and sealingly disposed within the sealed mixing chamber, the rotating mixing head rotating within the rotating mixing bowl. The mixer and a related method provide for ceramic suspension mixing with reduced cooling and possibly without cooling the suspension.

Abstract: A cutting blade mounting method of sandwiching both side surfaces of an annular cutting blade by a first flange and a second flange, the first flange being mounted on an end of a spindle and having a suction hole sucking and holding a side surface of the cutting blade to a sandwiching surface of the first flange, includes: a cutting blade provisional holding step of sucking and holding the cutting blade to the first flange by making the cutting blade abut against the sandwiching surface of the first flange at a perfect circle position at which a center of the cutting blade coincides with an axis of the spindle, and making a suction force act on the suction hole; and a fixing step of fixing the cutting blade maintaining the perfect circle position in the cutting blade provisional holding step to the first flange by the second flange.

Abstract: The invention relates to an extruder comprising a housing having a flow channel (1) for a melt and a perforated plate (2) delimiting the flow channel (1) on the outlet side, wherein an inlet flow element (3) having passage areas (4) and covering surfaces (5) is arranged so as to be movable ahead of the perforated plate (2) in the direction of flow of the melt in such a way that, when the inlet flow element (3) is moved, a first subset of holes in the perforated plate (2) is exposed and a second subset of holes in the perforated plate (2) is closed, wherein the covering surfaces (5) extend radially from the center of the inlet flow element (3) to the rim thereof.

Abstract: An extruder containing a housing having a flow channel for a melt and a perforated plate delimiting the flow channel on the outlet side, where the perforated plate has at least two through-flow areas spaced apart from one another, each through-flow area contains at least one through-flow opening, and the perforated plate is furthermore mounted in a changing device, where the changing device has guide elements, in which the perforated plate can be moved substantially perpendicularly to the flow channel, and the extruder, directly ahead of the perforated plate when viewed in the direction of flow of the melt, has an inlet flow cone, which is structurally separate from the perforated plate, thus allowing the through-flow areas of the perforated plate to be moved relative to the inlet flow cone.

Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a resin composite plate for manufacturing a resin composite plate by heating under pressure a resin sheet group having a plurality of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheets stacked together, and thereby integrating the resin sheet group into one resin composite plate, the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheets each containing fibers arranged in one direction, the resin composite plate having a desired thickness is manufactured by stacking the plurality of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheets having different thickness.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heating device and a method for manufacturing a heated molding material. The method uses the heating device to continuously manufacture the heated molding material. The heating device includes a heating chamber for heating a molding material, at least one opening section for feeding or expelling molding material therethrough, and a means for using nitrogen gas or superheated steam to expel oxygen gas present in the heating chamber.

Abstract: Treating an uncured resin matrix composition to impart energy to the resin matrix composition enables a stable Tg to be achieved whereby the resin matrix composition may be stored and has a low tack enabling subsequent processing and handling. The invention provides a method of achieving a stable Tg without the resin matrix composition starting to cure and a method of determining the treatment regime by which a resin matrix composition with a stable Tg may be obtained. The resin matrix composition may be fresh or reused uncured resin matrix composition and may contain fibrous reinforcement.

Abstract: A process is provided to reclaim carbon fiber from a cured vinyl ester, crosslinked unsaturated polyester, or epoxy thermoset matrix. The composite pieces are added to a polyol solvent composition under to conditions to free more than 95% by weight of the carbon fiber from the composite. The freed carbon fibers are washed and dried to reclaim carbon fiber reusable to reinforce a polymer to form a new FRC article. Solvents are chosen that are low cost and low toxicity. Processing is further facilitated by techniques such as solvent pre-swell of the particles, microwave heating, and sonication to promote thermoset matrix digestion to free reinforcing carbon fibers.

Abstract: An embodiment of a device is described. The device may include a body. The body includes an outer surface and an inner surface defining a bore within the body. The inner surface defines a maximum inner dimension of the bore no more than 10 millimeters. The bore has a longitudinal axis therethrough. The device may include a plurality of parting lines on the inner surface of the body. The device may include a recess in the inner surface of the body. The recess may be a housed recess and may have a depth in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bore.

Abstract: This invention relates to a wind turbine blade with retrofitted coating in and around areas where the blade is especially exposed to erosion damages, which is established by the coating including a glue layer, a fiber reinforced polymer layer and one or more non-reinforced polymer layers over the fiber reinforced layer, since the polymer layers stretch themselves out over the fiber reinforced layer and includes areas of the wind turbine blade's surface, which are less exposed to erosion damages. A method for creation of such a wind turbine blade and creation of such a coating and the coating itself, is also established with the invention.

Abstract: A method and a device is disclosed for jet-packing moulding a polymer pipeline. During a spiral winding stack moulding process, a pipeline is continuously moulded by embedding the melt in a moulded pipe blank under the conjunction of the jetting welding effect produced by the melt and the shaping effect of partial calendering. The device includes an extruder, a melt jetting mechanism, a partial calendering mechanism and a pipe diameter shaping and adjusting mechanism. The melt jetting mechanism is arranged at the extrusion end of the extruder and embedded in a moulded pipe blank. The partial calendering mechanism and the pipe diameter shaping and adjusting mechanism are distributed on the wall of the pipe blank in the circumferential direction. The partial calendering mechanism is arranged at the corresponding position of the melt jetting mechanism.

Abstract: A resin-molding device capable of preventing a resin-molded product from being non-uniform in thickness. A resin-molding device includes: a first and second platen (outside-loaded platen) which are two plate-shaped members arranged parallel to each other to allow a molding die to be arranged in a die arrangement section which is a central region between the platens; a force applier (toggle link and tie bars) for applying a force to the platens from loading points located outside the die arrangement section; a heating mechanism (lower and upper heater plates) provided between the outside-loaded platen and the molding die; and a heat-insulating member (lower and upper heat-insulating members) formed by a plurality of elastic pillar members arranged between the outside-loaded platen and the heating mechanism, the pillar members configured so that the amount of deformation of each pillar member increases from the center of the die arrangement section toward the loading point.

Abstract: A pad main body is bonded integrally with an inner pad while covering the front side of the inner pad. A back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the pad main body and the inner pad is integrally bonded on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body by impregnation of foamed synthetic resin materials constituting the inner pad and the pad main body. This allows impregnation of the foamed synthetic resin materials in the back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body. This consequently allows providing a high hardness on the back side of the inner pad while ensuring hardness on the back side of the pad main body.

Abstract: In order to provide a filling apparatus which is capable of advantageously delivering a foamable material having a necessary amount into a closed cross section of a vehicle body, in an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a filling apparatus for filling a closed cross section of a vehicle body with a foamable material is provided, wherein the foamable material is a foamable two-liquid polyurethane material, wherein the filling apparatus comprises a delivering part for delivering the foamable material into the closed cross section of the vehicle body, and wherein the filling apparatus further comprises an input part into which a delivery command value and correction values to set a real delivery amount are input.

Abstract: An injection-molded component having a casing body of plastics material and a core which is made of a core material, in particular of a metal, which is at least partially received within the casing body and is at least partially insert-molded. The injection-molded component may in particular serve as a joint part of a joint. As a result of the preferably metallic core, the injection-molded component, despite comparatively small dimensioning, is capable of being comparatively highly stressed. By virtue of the casing body of plastics material, a minor actuation noise may be implemented for the joint, even without complex lubrication.

Abstract: A gasket with a carrier film containing a combination of a rubber-only gasket body and a carrier film holding the gasket body. The carrier film can be easily detached from the gasket body even when the gasket body adheres to the carrier film. In embodiments, the gasket contains a combination of a rubber-only gasket body and a carrier film holding the gasket body. A tab enlarging the plane area of the gasket body is integrally provided in the gasket body. As a method for handling the gasket, when the carrier film is detached from the gasket body, the carrier film is detached from the gasket body in a state where the gasket body is fixed to a base with the tab or the carrier film is detached from the gasket body with the tab in a state where the carrier film is fixed to the base.

Abstract: A method for molding a molded product that includes a first molded part, a second molded part, and a label having a rear side provided on the first molded part, a front side opposite to the rear side, the front side having a peripheral border. The second molded part has an overlapping portion which overlaps the front side of the label only on the peripheral border.

Abstract: A safety cover (20) for a mold clamping device that surrounds the mold clamping device (10) of an injection molding machine. The safety cover (20) includes a support frame (21) attached to the mold clamping device (10), a safety door (23), and a connecting mechanism (40) that connects an upper portion of the safety door (23) to the support frame (21). The connecting mechanism (40) includes a first rail (41) on the support frame (21), a second rail (42) on the safety door (23), and an intermediate plate (45) arranged between the first rail (41) and the second rail (42).

Abstract: A composite floor comprises a coextrusion layer compression moulded using a coextrusion process. The layer comprises a first stone-plastic layer, a stone-plastic foaming layer, and a second stone-plastic layer sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The stone-plastic foaming layer is used as the main material layer, which reduces a whole weight of the floor; and the first stone-plastic layer and the second stone-plastic layer are arranged at two sides of the stone-plastic foaming layer, respectively, so that the composite floor is more stable. It is more environmentally friendly and simple in manufacturing to use the coextrusion process for compression moulding by avoiding bonding using glue. Use of the coextrusion process makes various layers bond more compact, with little delamination and warpage due to effect of environmental changes. The composite floor has a low expansion rate and shrinkage rate, excellent in performance and long in service life.

Abstract: An apparatus (110) for shaping an extrudable material (140) comprises a sleeve (126), comprising a first sleeve end (186), a sleeve inlet (148) at the first sleeve end (186), a second sleeve end (188), opposite the first sleeve end (186), and a sleeve outlet (132) at the second sleeve end (188). The extrudable material (140) enters the sleeve (126) through the sleeve inlet (148) and exits the sleeve (126) through the sleeve outlet (132). The apparatus (110) further comprises an actuation mechanism (172), selectively operable to change at least one of a size or a shape of the sleeve outlet (132). The sleeve (126) is sufficiently flexible to enable the actuation mechanism (172) to change at least one of the size or the shape of the sleeve outlet (132). The sleeve (126) is insufficiently stretchable to enable the actuation mechanism (172) to stretch the sleeve (126).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a discharge container that is provided with the following: a container body in which contents are stored; a securing member; a discharge vessel including a stem; an exterior section including a top wall section penetrated by molded holes and that discharges the contents from the perforation holes onto a discharge surface of the top wall section; and an inner plate which is provided so as to be freely movable inside the exterior section and which forms a diffusion chamber in the space that is formed with a supply surface of the top wall section.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a die assembly for producing a microcapillary film. The die assembly includes a first die plate, a second die plate, a plurality of multi-jackbolt tensioners connecting the first die plate to the second die plate, a manifold, and a plurality of nozzles. The manifold is located between the pair of die plates and defines a plurality of film channels therebetween. The plurality of film channels converge into an elongate outlet, wherein a thermoplastic material is extrudable through the plurality of film channels and the elongate outlet to form a microcapillary film. The plurality of nozzles are located between the plurality of film channels. The plurality of nozzles are operatively connected to a source of channel fluid for emitting the channel fluid between layers of the microcapillary film, whereby a plurality of microcapillary channels are formed in the microcapillary film.

Abstract: A head is provided for the co-extrusion of a complex rubber profiled element for the manufacture of a tire. The head makes it possible to co-extrude a sublayer and a tread with inserts. To this end, the head includes, from upstream to downstream: a) a first extrusion duct divided into various sub-ducts, b) a discontinuous first profiling blade, c) a second extrusion duct divided into various sub-ducts, d) a discontinuous second profiling blade incorporating at least one third extrusion duct in the continuation of a divider, and e) a first profiling blade having a projecting tooth in front of and next to each outlet of a third duct in the transverse direction.

Abstract: A method and a preform for blow molding to form a plastic container are disclosed, the preform having a coating formed on an inner surface thereof. The coating reduces a loss of heat energy from the heated preform during expansion thereof to ensure the preform maintains a temperature at or above the phase change/solidification temperature of the material forming the preform.

Abstract: In a groove-formed body, recesses and protrusions are formed in a resin plate by irradiating a laser. Each of four recesses extend from an intersection point thereof. When forming each of the recesses in the resin plate, a portion at the intersection point of the recesses is an irradiation stop position of the laser, and an amount of heat generated by the laser on the resin plate is decreased. This enables a protrusion to be suppressed from being formed on either side of the intersection point of the recesses, and enables a protrusion to be suppressed from being disposed between the portion of the recesses at the intersection point, and a portion other than at the intersection point.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an object includes an extrusion head having an extrusion needle for extruding thermoplastic material associated with one or more fiber strands. The apparatus may further include a turn-table, a more robotic arm for moving the extrusion head and needle, thermoplastic filament and fiber strand spools and thermoplastic filament and fiber strands. A controller is provided for directing the robotic arm, extrusion head and the turn-table. Further, a method for manufacturing an object includes generating a design for the object that substantially satisfies desired structural properties of the object and generating a sequence for extruding one or more beads of thermoplastic material to manufacture the object according to the design, in which the one or more beads of thermoplastic material are associated with one or more fiber strands. The one or more beads of thermoplastic material and the associated one or more fiber strands are then extruded according to the sequence.