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China Becomes Latest Space Power to Demonstrate Metal 3D Printing in Orbit
China has demonstrated metal 3D printing in space as part of its plan to develop manufacturing technologies for future space missions, including Moon construction. The experiment took place aboard the Qingzhou…
Top DAWG & SAWC: $54 Billion Replicator Reborn
The Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG), also called the Defense Autonomous Working Group, may be funded to the tune of $55 billion. Overseen by Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, this…
ARC & ORNL Form Partnership to Accelerate AI-Enabled Manufacturing for Defense
Last year, Autonomous Resource Corporation (ARC) became the surprising owner of Desktop Metal’s (DM’s) assets following the bankruptcy of the one-time additive manufacturing (AM) unicorn, an acquisition that cost ARC…
Fully Automated, “Continuously Re-Nested” Industrial 3D Printing: AMIS Launches AMIS Runtime
Automation is already a pillar of global manufacturing strategy, even as its practical limitations for continued expansion signal that manufacturers will require quite some time to figure out how to…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 1, 2025: Bambu Lab Store, Shape-Morphing Materials, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Bambu Lab has opened its first retail store, and Meltio is inaugurating its first international additive manufacturing reference site. A consortium has launched a…
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…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 29, 2024: AI Machine Learning, Sensory Garden, Hard Hats, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, we’re starting with Desktop Metal’s new PureSinter furnace. Then it’s on to research about a variable binder amount algorithm and adaptive slicing, a 3D…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Tidal Power for Boats & Automatic Experiments
Marko Lazic has made the Offone, a 3D printed phone with a pared down design and e-ink display. The small phone can do Uber, calls, texts and the essentials but…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 24, 2023: EBAM, DLS, & 2GL, Construction, & More
In this Christmas Eve edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with EBAM, DLS, and Two-Photon Grayscale Lithography (2GL) 3D printing news. Moving on, Airtech Advanced Materials Group is…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 20, 2023: 4D Printing, Sustainability, Inclusivity, & More
Starting with space news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, a Kansas City startup is building 3D printed re-entry capsules for on-demand cargo return from space. In research, a 3D…
Dyndrite RAPID Roundup: Partnering with Impossible Objects, BCN3D, AMFG, & UPM
Like so many other 3D printing companies, Dyndrite attended the recent RAPID + TCT, North America’s premier annual additive manufacturing trade show. The Seattle-based AM software company, which developed its…
Mini Car 3D Printed and Assembled Automatically by AMBOTS
Arkansas-based AMBOTS is continuing its work in automated production, essentially creating a small-scaled demo of the possibility of lights-out manufacturing with 3D printing and other technologies. In its latest work, the…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 18, 2022: Xerox, Full-Color Materials, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, we’re starting off with metal, as RIT and Xerox are partnering to advance metal AM with a new system installation. Moving on, Stratasys has…
3D Printed Autonomous Robot Increases Delivery Efficiency in Singapore
There are plenty of examples of drones, 3D printed and otherwise, delivering items like food, medical supplies, and 3D printed spare parts, but what about ground delivery robots? We have seen…
Autonomous Swarm of 3D Printed Robot Fish Could Swim Where Humans Can’t
We’ve seen 3D printed swarms of robots that are designed to pick up garbage, complete intricate production tasks, and even participate in surveillance, environmental, and search and rescue missions at…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 4, 2021: BGU, KIT, Siemens, Moorebot, USA Luge & Creaform
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got a couple of interesting research papers to tell you about, followed by a software release, a tiny autonomous robot, and how 3D…
3DQue Launches New Automated 3D Print Looping Kit for Ender 3
Vancouver, British Columbia-based startup 3DQue Systems works to automate FFF and FDM 3D printer networks for the purposes of ensuring mass production. The technology it offers is really cool, providing…
Self-Learning Robot Autonomously Moves Molecules, Setting Stage for Molecular 3D Printing
If you know even just a little bit about science, you probably already know that molecules are often referred to as “the building blocks of life.” Made of a group…
Intel Develops $50 3D Printed OpenBot to Advance Robotics Accessibility
Researchers at Intel Labs have developed a smart robot that anyone with a smartphone can build, using open source code, a 3D printer, and $50. What is different with this…
Biomimetic 4D printed Autonomous Scale & Flap Structures: Pine Cones as Inspiration
Researchers from Canada and Germany walk that fine line from the 3D into the 4D, sharing their findings in ‘4D pine scale: biomimetic 4D printed autonomous scale and flap structures…
4DHybrid Project: Modern AM to Support the Maintenance Repair Operations Value Chain
As 3D printing technology progresses at an accelerated speed, research and development efforts around the world continue to ascend into the realm of 4D. Now, the 4DHybrid Project, coordinated by…
Relativity Partners with mu Space, with Plans to Launch 3D Printed Terran 1 Rocket into Low Earth Orbit
3D printed rocket manufacturer Relativity Space, based in Los Angeles and backed by VC funding, signed its first public, multi-year commercial contract with satellite services vendor Telesat earlier this month. Now…
Mechanical Engineer Makes 95% 3D Printed Autonomous Robotic Lawn Mower
While I do know how to mow my lawn, that’s a job my husband normally takes care of. We like to divide and conquer when it comes to household chores…
Update On Made In Space’s 3D Printed Asteroid Spacecraft Research
California 3D printing and space technology firm Made In Space is responsible for such out of this world innovations as the first commercial 3D printer on the International Space Station, the multi-armed…
