The Mobot: Educational robots out of 3D printers
As more 3D printers enter homes and classrooms, more robots are going to be printed with them. Let’s hope they’re nice!
Tag: robotics
MAKI: the 3D printable humanoid robot
3D printers are essentially robots, so why not print other robots with 3D printers?
Interview with 17 year-old Easton, the mind behind the 3D Printed Robotic Hand on Kickstarter
3D printing, robotics, and prosthetics are all great technologies, so combining them all together only makes sense.
3D printing hearts for robots
A pumping heart will not be a differentiator between humans and robots, as researchers at the University of West England have printed a heart for their EcoBot II.
Little Liam gets 3D printed hand
A little boy born without fingers on one hand is given the ability to grasp objects with a partially 3D printed Robohand.
3D print your own humanoid robot
Having only a year to work on it so far, French sculptor Gael Langevin already has the upper half of an open-source robot operating and on Thingiverse.
iRobot’s Robotic Fabricator will do the dirty work of finishing 3D prints, according to new patent
3D printing is soon to go beyond near-net shape manufacturing with a robotic finishing system patented by iRobot, makers of the Roomba.
Thing of the Week: Robotic arms
While there are plenty of fun and silly things on Thingiverse, there are pages and pages of practical tools and gadgets, including printable robotic arms.
Rat-heart powered bio-bots for print
A bio-bot is a biological machine made with hydrogel, heart cell, and of course–since you are reading it here–a 3D printer.
Print me an arm
I’m tempted to cut my arms off. Don’t worry, not just yet, and not because I don’t want arms. No, quite the contrary. I want better arms. Working arms…Now there’s hope.