3D Printing

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18:30 GMT, January 15, 2019

3D printer makes fast response stiffness-tunable soft actuator

Robotic systems with rigid parts can be a threat to humans who work alongside them. Contrastingly, recently flourishing soft actuators and robots offer ideal adaptivity to […]
20:42 GMT, January 13, 2019

S-Squared presents ARCS – the world’s largest 3D printer

Last month, S-Squared presented ARCS, the world largest 3D printer. The letters ARCS stand for Autonomous Robotic Construction System. S-Squared 3D Printers is a 3D printer […]
16:38 GMT, January 12, 2019

Much faster 3D printing with light – 100 times faster

Much faster 3D printing is achievable with light, say researchers. It makes adding plastic filaments layer by layer seem extremely slow by comparison. In a new […]
13:35 GMT, January 8, 2019

Intel and Alibaba developing AI-powered 3D Athlete Tracking tech

Intel and Alibaba are teaming up to create a new AI-powered 3D athlete tracking technology. They expect the technology will be ready for the Tokyo 2020 […]
13:25 GMT, January 4, 2019

Researchers produce 3D printed digital wood

Scientists at Columbia University have used 3D printing to produce digital wood. Digital wood is a highly complex material for 3DP printing. It consists of a […]
11:19 GMT, January 1, 2019

3D printing used to predict how leaky heart valves are

Using 3D printing, researchers can now predict how leaky heart valves are. They created a new integrated workflow that improves valve sizing accuracy during aortic valve […]
15:57 GMT, December 30, 2018

MIT launches additive manufacturing consortium ADAPT

MIT has launched ADAPT, an additive manufacturing consortium. ADAPT stands for the Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies. MIT believes that additive manufacturing will […]
12:16 GMT, December 30, 2018

First performance 3D printer – Method, launched by MakerBot

Pioneer of desktop 3D printing, MakerBot, has introduced Method, the first performance 3D printer. Performance 3D printers bridge the gap between industrial and desktop 3D printing. […]
13:35 GMT, December 28, 2018

3D printing of transparent glass on industrial scale achieved by scientists

MIT scientists developed a 3D printing method to produce transparent glass on an industrial scale. They created a new manufacturing platform for the digital fabrication of […]