Towards Rule-based System for the Assembly of 3D Bricks

This paper concentrates on the design and preliminary implementation of an intelligent inference system for the assembly of 3D bricks. We model the 3D assemblage as the output of the assembly of 3D bricks. To intelligently guide the assembly of 3D bricks to the completion of a specific 3D assemblage, our system must be equipped with the component of identifying the necessary parts needed to complete the final product, and the component of checking whether the steps needed for completion are followed. Towards this end, we formulate logical rules represented as if-then rules into knowledge base. The knowledge base, thus, contains facts about the intermediate components of building bricks and their sequences given a specific domain. Our system then uses the logical rules in knowledge base and entails new facts from the knowledge base to provide a final assemblage with proper building components. Based upon the design of our system, we will develop and construct various knowledge bases for 3D assemblages, which are made for creative science education.