Artificial Intelligence and 3D Printing: A Step to Fight COVID-19

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) originally incorporates every practice which facilitates machinery towards recognizing, thinking and operating like humans. Here, the inspiration is that a device can resolve a particular trouble on its own with no human involvement on the basis of the data along with past knowledge. 3D printing (3DP) is a practice that creates three dimensional concrete objects by means of additive manufacturing. It allows producing intricate shapes with fewer materials than conventional manufacturing methods. Both these technologies in themselves can have and are having an enormous blow on existing production system. As the world come into a new era of global crisis with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continuing to disrupt supply chains resulting in scarcity of necessary medicinal tools and equipment, the 3DP community along with AI can potentially help in stepping out of this pandemic. This study intends to recognize what opportunities subsist when these two innovative technologies are combined and how it can help in saving lives during this crisis. At present one of the major concerning issues is the scarcity of available test kits for COVID-19. It is a terrifying time for the hospitals working on the front lines. Hospitals had been overwhelmed by way of the large range of sufferers and shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). PPE incorporates face-masks, face shields, gloves and clothing. In addition to this, the medicinal world is facing a scarcity of COVID-19 testing swabs and kits, respirators and ventilators. As a result of this people that are extremely unwell are powerless to discover if they are infected or not. Also, realizing the actual number of infected patients is practically impossible. Combining AI with 3DP technologies possibly will enhance the working of a 3D printer with decreasing the possibility of fault also assisting computerized production. Moreover AI can aid progress the 3DP practice by analyzing the printability of an article prior to its start. Apart from this, the quality of the part can also be known in advance as a result of which the method can be protected to pass up printing faults hence successfully reducing time. The employment of AI minimizes the intricacy of a conventional manual procedure and gives improved outcomes. AI will take on vital place within the 3DP process. Quicker and smarter algorithms likely will reduce the physical development achieved with humans. AI will subsequently permit way in to huge quantity of records to better direct 3D technologies. This study assures that together these technologies will certainly occupy a significant position in the upcoming times, particularly into healthcare applications.