Robotics
3D Printing Predictions 2026: The Material Extrusion Market in 2026
The material extrusion market has seen titanic shifts over the past few years. A new bevvy of low-cost 3D printers have turned to software and sensors to make reliable high-speed…
Will Growth in Robotics Spawn More 3D Printing?
The bankruptcy of Roomba contains within it a story of value engineering, relentless innovation by Chinese firms, and a novel segment that became ho-hum. At the same time, robot lawn…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 27, 2025: Additive Construction in the U.S., Canada, & India
In this holiday weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, the focus is entirely on additive construction! We’ll start with news out of North America, specifically Canada and the United States, and…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 11, 2025: Circular 3D Printing Farms, Depowdering, Composites, & More
In this week’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Dyndrite signed an Expression of Interest to partner with IAM3DHUB, while Batch.Works and E3D are partnering to scale circular 3D printing farms. Farsoon…
Alquist Launches Concrete Printer Brand & Expands Construction 3D Printing Partnership with Walmart
One of the highest-profile use cases ever in the additive construction (AC) space occurred a little over a year ago, when Walmart announced that it had partnered with Colorado’s Alquist…
UK’s Base Materials Launches Large-Format 3D Printing Service
Tooling has been one of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry’s biggest success stories for quite some time, but the market is still in its early phases. One factor giving this…
Robotics Leader Comau to Advance AM Capabilities in EU-Funded Project
One could argue that the growth of additive manufacturing (AM) adoption proceeds at the pace at which the barriers to entry involved in post-processing are lowered. In other words, the…
Boston’s Additive Edge: Harvard’s MEDscience Takes High Schoolers Into the Future of Medicine
Forget chalkboards and worksheets. At Harvard Medical School’s MEDscienceTECH Program, students learn medicine by building, coding, and experimenting – whether it’s navigating a LEGO robot through a 3D printed spine,…
Formnext 2025: New Metal PBF 3D Printer, Serial Production Applications, & More
It’s Day 2 of Formnext 2025, where over 800 exhibitors from around the world have converged in Frankfurt for Europe’s premier additive manufacturing (AM) trade show. From exciting new printers…
3D Printed Interlocking Earthen Bricks Create Microclimates to Support Tree Growth
In some places, especially arid landscapes, tree saplings and crops need a little protection from the elements in order to grow. An interesting new project called TreeSoil was designed to…
UK Digital Inventory Platform 3D People Prints Agri-Robotics Parts On-Demand
The robotics industry is in the midst of a long boom cycle, as industrial robot installations more than doubled over the last decade. Simultaneously, the AI frenzy has driven interest…
$40M Round Propels Caracol’s Large-Format 3D Printing Ambitions
Italian deep-tech manufacturer Caracol has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate its international expansion and scale up its large-format 3D printing business. The investment marks…
Caracol Acquires Weber’s 3D Printing Assets
Italian large-format 3D printing specialist Caracol has acquired the additive manufacturing assets of Germany’s Hans Weber Maschinenfabrik GmbH, a long-standing leader in extrusion technology. The deal includes Weber’s intellectual property…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 9, 2025: U.S. Production, Optical Force Sensors, & More
We’re kicking things off today in 3D Printing News Briefs with some business news, starting with UK-based WB Alloys, which will build its first U.S. wire alloy production facility in…
Soft Robotics is Finally Coming Together: Northwestern Researchers Make Strides Towards a Better Actuator
Soft robotics for a long time was a lot of nice videos, papers, and very little in the way of useful technology. It was kind of an engineering Esperanto: a…
Disney Accelerator Backs Large-Format Robotic 3D Printing Service Haddy
A few months ago, Haddy, a contract manufacturer based in Florida that leverages robotic arm additive manufacturing (AM) systems to produce furniture, announced that it had opened what it was…
Kickstarter Release: New SALTGATOR Desktop Injection Molding Machine is Optimized for 3D Printed Molds
As the latest generations of industrial-grade advanced manufacturing equipment continue to grow in popularity, availability, and affordability, you might expect that the marketplace for desktop machinery would start to stagnate….
This Elephant-Inspired Robot Walks on 3D Printed Muscles and Bones
A new elephant-inspired robot can do some of the most surprising tasks, from gently plucking a flower with its trunk to powerfully kicking a bowling ball. It’s all thanks to…
ESA’s 3D Printed Rover Workshop Hints at Business Potential for Space Robotics
At a four-day robotics workshop that the European Space Agency (ESA) Academy held at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands, university students from a number of…
Measuring Excellence: On the Ground at Hexagon Live in Fabulous Las Vegas
Two weeks ago, I drove approximately 66 miles from Dayton, Ohio to the Cincinnati airport in northern Kentucky. I then flew about 595 miles to Minneapolis, Minnesota, switched planes, and…
Robotics Company Comau Forms Partnership with 3D Printing OEM Roboze
Recently, the Italian robotics original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Comau announced the multifaceted approach it has taken to penetrating the additive manufacturing (AM) market. Comau, jointly owned by One Equity Partners and…
3D Printing a Myoelectric Bionic Prosthetic Hand
When Ryan Saavedra fell during a rock-climbing trip in 2017, he had no idea that the injury to his ring finger would one day inspire a new era of accessible…
From the Ocean Floor to the Factory Floor: How Framework Robotics is Rethinking Underwater Vehicle Design
Deep beneath the ocean’s surface lies a world that’s unpredictable, pressurized, and profoundly unexplored. It’s a realm where conventional engineering is often pushed to its breaking point — and where…
Comau’s Robotic Systems Take on 3D Printing Applications
Lately, Comau, the Italy-based manufacturer of robotic systems owned by One Equity Partners and automaker Stellantis, has formed a growing number of partnerships with companies in the additive manufacturing (AM)…
