This paper presents a design for interlocking blocks and an algorithm that allows these blocks to be assembled into desired shapes. During and after assembly, the structure is kinematically interlocked if a small number of blocks are immobilized relative to other blocks. There are two types of blocks: cubes and double-height posts, each with a particular set of male and female joints. Layouts for shapes involving thousands of blocks have been planned automatically, and shapes with several hundred blocks have been built by hand. As a proof of concept, a robot was used to assemble sixteen blocks. The paper also describes a method for assembling blocks in parallel.
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Zhang, Y., & Balkcom, D. (2020). Interlocking Block Assembly. In Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics (Vol. 14, pp. 709–726). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44051-0_41
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