Recently a Kickstarter campaign called “Dobot”(Robot Arm) catches people’s eyes. The people who invented the “Dobot: Robotic Arm for Everyone, Arduino and Open Source” wanted to raise a mere $36,000 by November 4, 2015, and guess what happened? With 15 more days to go they have raised a whopping 982% of their funding goal! That’s $353,599 (and counting)…
While an increasing number of organizations and individuals are popping up to aid those with disabilities in obtaining low-cost assistive devices, there really can never be too many, as approximately one billion people across the globe live with some type of disability, making up the world’s largest minority population. And, of those one billion people,…
In Amsterdam, October 16, Dutch 3D printing firm MX3D cut the ribbon on its project to 3D print a steel bridge across one of the city’s famous canals using two modified, multi-axis robotic arms. And the way that it cut that ribbon was quite befitting. The project, begun by the Joris Laarman Studio and Petr Novikov and Saša Jokić…
Disney has granted royalty-free licenses and additional support to Open Bionics to model a new line of prosthetic, bionic arms after Frozen, Marvel, and Star Wars characters. Open Bionics is a startup working to provide affordable, 3D-printed prosthetic hands for amputees. The three Disney models will be available in 2016 at the cost of $500.…
Already using Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) to 3D print houses and cars with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Local Motors, Cincinnati Incorporated is utilizing their extremely large format printer to produce vehicles adept for the land, sea, and air. Alongside a BAAM machine itself, Cincinnati Incorporated will be showcasing a full-sized Shelby Cobra, a scaled…
Sofoklis Giannakopoulos has been leading the Pylos Project at Barcelona’s IAAC University, using sustainable materials (primarily soil) that could be extruded by a Kuka robotic arm to build housing structures. The effort has grown to the point that Sofoklis has been able to build several large structures as proofs of concept. They start at 930 mm…
Eric Sprunk, Nike COO, recently forecast that 3D-printing your Nike shoes at home may not be that far off. Sprunk wanted his audience to know that Nike is prepared for the manufacturing future. He said, “We have a huge initiative in our company called Manufacturing Revolution; it’s really just innovation in manufacturing. Do I envision…
General Motors in partnership with Stratasys India has launched India’s first 3D Print Art program for GM’s design employees in Bangalore. The three-month exercise gives GM designers the opportunity to compete to create 3D-printed structures to better understand how 3D technology can support their work. They will also learn how to develop their own 3D…
