3D Printed Tensegrity Soft Robots
Additive manufacturing and tensegrity and robots? Soft ones? These are three of our favorite things. A South Korean research team from Ulsan National... read more »
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Additive manufacturing and tensegrity and robots? Soft ones? These are three of our favorite things. A South Korean research team from Ulsan National... read more »
The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in collaboration with XERION BERLIN LABORATORIES has shown off their new Fusion Factory... read more »
US-based architectural 3D printer company ICON has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract including funding from NASA, which will help them... read more »
In a joint venture just announced, Wilhelmsen and thyssenkrupp will examine ship supply chains to look for ideal applications to 3D print replacement... read more »
It is no secret that COVID has put a strain on medical device production. Items ranging from PPE equipment to nasal swabs to... read more »
Hexcel, an advanced materials supplier, has recently launched HexPEKK EM, formulated specifically to meet the static electricity management, electromagnetic shielding, and radiation absorption... read more »
Last week we covered a new additive manufacturing method for printing multiple materials into a single part. But whereas the Fraunhofer Institute printer... read more »
We are seeing more and more stories at the intersection of 3D printing and Digital Twin / VR technology recently, especially it seems... read more »
Prices are still higher than normal on a wide range of goods in the US due to breakdowns in global supply chains that... read more »
There are countless examples of 3D printers capable of printing one or two polymers. But what if you want to print more than... read more »
A couple of months ago we took a look at a range of 3D printing materials with various electrical and thermal properties. The... read more »
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are great. As long as they are made with continuous fibers. When you start chopping these carbon... read more »
3D printer manufacturers are increasingly directing their attention to professional and industrial users, making their hardware more robust to improve repeatability and reliability.... read more »
Remember the early days, when 3D printing was just becoming mainstream? “It’s like a Star Trek replicator!” they said. “Everyone can make anything!... read more »
There are countless examples of products and applications that combine the benefits of 3D printing and drones, generally with the former being used... read more »
Are you concerned that your torpedos and other weapons of naval warfare are sinking to the bottom of the ocean and turning into... read more »
We have covered the 3D printing ambitions of Oak Ridge National Laboratory a couple of times before. And they are indeed HUGE ambitions.... read more »
Metal 3D printing is maturing into a market that’s full of options. There are now metal AM solutions across a range of price... read more »
In July 2020, the CNSA (Chinese National Space Agency) launched their Mars spacecraft on top of a Long March 5 rocket. The mission,... read more »
If you just place an orthopedic implant into a human being without considering the flexibility of the replacement bone, then you risk what... read more »