3D Printing News Briefs: June 18, 2019
We’re starting with business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs: Canadian additive and space manufacturing companies are partnering up for a two-year project, while Thor3D and Polyga have announced a…
Youbionic: My Drone has the Hands and I Send it to do the Shopping
“My Drone has the Hands and I send it to do the shopping” was the title of the email that Youbionic‘s Federico Ciccarese sent me. Sometimes you can’t beat a subject line. I’ve…
Ashley Furniture Uses 3D Printing & Robotics in Manufacturing Processes
Founded in 2005, Wisconsin-headquartered Ashley Furniture is a company known globally, beginning in 1970 with 35 employees, and growing now to over 900 stores. Ashley facilities manufacture over 300,000 pieces…
New 3D Printed Continuum Soft Robot Can Lift 3 Pounds
Usually when we think of robots in everyday life, it’s something anthropomorphic, maybe a cross between C-3PO and Rosie the robot maid from The Jetsons. But robots don’t always represent…
Purdue Researchers Create Soft Robotics Users Can Customize & Make Using 3D Printing
Researchers have patented promising new robotics technology created through the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization, and outlined in ‘3D Architected Soft Machines with Topologically Encoded Motion.’ Authors Debkalpa Goswami, Shuai…
Embedded 3D Printing and Sensors Lead to Soft Robotic Fingers
Robotics and 3D printing have gone hand in hand for years, but researchers Ryan L. Truby, Robert K. Katzschmann, Jennifer A. Lewis, and Daniela Rus have put a much more…
Using an Inkjet Robot On Curved FDM Surfaces to Get the Best of Both Worlds
So far, 3D creators have experimented with hydrographics, ultrasonic misting, and water marbling as ways to make Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)-created objects more visually interesting. Now, an Austrian-based group is…
3D Printing News Briefs: April 12, 2019
We’ve got news about a contest to start off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by some business news and 3D printed jewelry. Weerg has announced the second edition of…
Ceramics 3D Printing Robots May Save Ancient Relics
3D printing continues to assist in the preservation and restoration of historical relics, with industrial robotics and alternative materials offering even more potential. Chinese researcher Jia-zheng Zhu, of Nanjing Normal…
