robotics
From Playing Football to All Night at the Disco, 3D Printable Marty the Robot Has the Moves–and the Eyebrows!
If you haven’t had your fill of robotics lately—or cuteness—check out Marty. I think he might even be more adorable than my puppy, and he’ll keep your kids, as well…
Zizzy the Robot Uses 3D Printed Artificial Muscles to Assist Those Lacking Mobility
One area that 3D printing technology and robotics have successfully intertwined with one another is the production of assistive devices. Whether it’s a 3D printed robotic arm that helps with…
LAYKANICS Brings Fun 3D Printing and Engineering Projects to Makers and Educators
While more schools than ever are bringing STEM and 3D printing education into the classroom, educators are often left to their own devices when it comes to developing their lesson…
Transcend Robotics Signs Partnership Agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Develop Robotic Mobility Tech
Over the years science fiction television and movies promised us all sorts of robots and robotic companions. From neurotic house cleaning maid robots to robotic soldiers who would fight our…
The Landscape House Now Underway, 3D Printed by Massive Free-Form Robotic 3D Builder
For nearly every relevant application, the benefit of using robots is that they will do tirelessly do things that we can’t—or just really really don’t want to—do. From the most…
HP Inc. Targets 3D Printing Tech Startups with New Corporate Group: HP Tech Ventures
Hewlett Packard Co. is generally considered to be the first of countless startups to emerge from the US’ tech epicenter, Silicon Valley. Founded in a small garage in 1939, with…
Israel’s “Geek PicNic” Tech Event Gets Attendees Excited and Hungry for 3D Printing
There’s no denying that the country of Israel has played a heavy role in the contentious development of 3D printing technology. There are a number of examples that prove Israel’s…
Technology Hub and AM Talks Bring Leading International 3D Printing Experts to Italy
Rapidly establishing itself as the leading event for 3D printing in Italy, the 3D Print Hub fair in Milan – which this year is going to be part of the larger…
Play “Simon Says” and Take a Selfie with Fastest-3D Printed InMoov Robot Ever
From now through the month of May, the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, will have a special guest taking selfies and playing “Simon Says” with visitors, courtesy…
Project ALAN: Using a 3D Printed Robotic Arm to Assist With Stroke Rehabilitation
Among the population of the United Kingdom, the stroke is the second highest cause of death, and is also the leading cause of chronic adult disability. For those who survive the…
3D Cocooner Spins Complex Structures out of Fiberglass Resin
There simply couldn’t be better symbolism in the coupling of the cocoon and 3D printing. We all know about this wonder of nature, which generally begins as fascination when we…
3Dprintler Pays it Forward With $100,000 Startup Investment Fund
I’d be stating the obvious if I pointed out that launching a business is difficult. You can work yourself to exhaustion and pour your entire heart and soul into a…
Now on Kickstarter: Tio Kits Can Turn 3D Prints & Toys Into Smartphone Controlled Inventions & Robots
Parents today are very often challenged to find ways to keep kids of all ages occupied. It seems to be a world of screens we are living in, and entertainment…
Teach Your 3D Printer How to Play Chess
Something that most people seem to forget about 3D printers is that they are just a simple robot that happens to throw up melted plastic into cool shapes. Basically, a…
Humble Bundle & Make: Name Your Price for 3D Printing & Drones e-Books–Help Kids Become Makers Too
Are you looking to read up on 3D printing? From how to’s on getting started to advanced techniques to the fascinating history of this technology, if you’d been scouring your…
3D Printed Robotics Company MakerClub is Named One of the Most Creative Businesses in the UK
Brighton-based 3D printed robotics company MakerClub develops educational products and robotics projects that help people learn how to work with electronics and technology and to design and code their own…
San Diego: MecklerMedia’s RoboUniverse Conference & Expo Features Over 80 Speakers, Including Mayor Kevin Faulconer
If you are interested in learning more about robotics, MecklerMedia’s RoboUniverse Conference & Expo is the place to be. Robotics, a complementary and increasingly convergent cousin to 3D printing, is…
Robot’s Versatility is Thanks to 3D Printed Grippers from Materialise
When I was a kid, my grandmother had a tool that resembled a giant wooden pair of scissors. She used it to retrieve items she had dropped; I used it…
Epson to Target Mass Volume Manufacturing Opportunities in 3D Printing Market–Within the Next 4-5 Years
Seiko Epson’s Global President, Minoru Usui, was in India recently, as the Japanese company celebrates 25 years of good business there. This is a man who is passionate about printers….
Making Fallout 4’s Robot Butler Mister Handy Real Using 3D Printing
The development of a video game is probably the last place that you would think to find rapid prototyping being used, but it turns out 3D printing played a key…
Giving Ei Chi the Hand She Needs Through 3D Printing
Most people have a hand that they heavily favor. For about ninety percent of the world, the right hand is dominant. It can sometimes seem that the weaker hand is hardly…
3D Printed Robotics Competition Advances STEM Education in Africa
Perceptions by Westerners as to the state of education in Africa are as varied as the continent itself and often run the gamut from gross over-generalizations to ethnocentric condescension. The fact…
XYZprinting Unveils Three New 3D Printers and a Robot at IFA 2015
Ever since their first Da Vinci 3D printer took home multiple industry prizes, including a CES 2014 Editors’ Choice Award, XYZprinting has continued to pump out new models of their…
Printabots: 3D Printed QuadraPed Makes Short Work of Rough Terrain
Reiner Schmidt, an engineering graduate from Hamilton, Ontario, has been working with robots of all kinds for the last ten years. His experience ranges across projects involving robotics for applications from HAZMAT…
