Artificial intelligence in the design and production of personalized 3D printed products – conclusions from the project “Things are for People”

This article is a development of a paper presented at the International Conference "Intelligent Solutions for Industry -ISI 2022", under the media patronage of the "Mechanik" journal, which is a platform for the exchange of knowledge, review and discussion of theoretical advances, research results and industrial experience, between academics, researchers, policy makers, practitioners and students working on topics related to Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing.Artificial intelligence (broader: computational intelligence) has been an area of intense research and industrial application for many years, but it continues to open up new areas of exploration and application for researchers, clinicians and industry practitioners.The development of the Industry 4.0 paradigm has further accelerated these processes.A particularly interesting field of application for artificial intelligence is medical devices produced by incremental technologies, popularly known as 3D printing.The cumulative potential of Industry 4.0, 3D printing (or indeed reverse engineering as a whole) and the latest developments in artificial intelligence could realise a breakthrough giving new design and manufacturing technologies in personalised mass production.The article shows selected possibilities in this area based on an overview of in-house solutions developed during the implementation of the NCBR grant "Things are for People" dedicated to a 3D printed arm exoskeleton.