robotics
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…
This Fascinating 3D Printed Strandbeest Robot Takes Theo Jansen’s Ideas One Step Further
The year is 2015 and 3D printed robots have begun to evolve to a point where they are taking over the world! OK, maybe we aren’t quite there yet. We…
Sensel Morph Allows Users to 3D Print Overlays Which Work as Platforms for Music, Gaming, Art & More
You may take an initial look at the Sensel Morph and immediately come away with the idea that it functions as a one-stop-shop platform for your devices, sort of parallel…
Silky Concrete Project: Massive Concrete Installation Built by KUKA Robot & Ten 3D Printers
When I was a kid growing up in south Florida, artists abounded, but the idea–and acceptance factor–of the ‘art installation’ had yet to grow. Artists who were involved in alternative,…
Israeli Military Now 3D Printing Drones With American-made Printers
The use of 3D printing for drones has been going on for quite some time now at both the governmental and hobbyist level. The reasons both groups use 3D printing…
Brainless’ 3D Printed Battlebots & RoboToons are Run by RoboGuts – Coming Soon to Kickstarter
We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again, 3D printing and robotics continue to converge upon one another at a rapid rate. 3D printing has become a go-to solution…
3D Printing and Technology Fund Adds Robotics to the Mix
There are several ways one can diversify their holdings within any market. An investor could simply research which firms are out there within a particular industry, like the 3D printing…
Chinese Company Introduces an Affordable 3D Printed Robot That Aids The Elderly
Two technologies which are sure to lead the way to a brighter future, as well as boatloads of profits for those developing them, are 3D printing and robotics. These two…
Researchers Create a 3D Printed Robot that Jumps Six Times Its Own Height
Will we one day in the future watch basketball games played by robots? Who needs a Lebron James on their team, when a 3D printed basketball player could jump 42…
Poznań Student Uses 3D Printing to Create a Carbon Fiber Printing Robot
In the 1960s a material called carbon fiber really began to show its potential in the creation of ultra strong, ultra light parts which were utilized by companies such as…
Siemens Announces New Frontier Partner Program for Startups in 3D Printing & Robotics
Siemens, one of the world’s oldest and most respected companies that invests over $1 billion a year for research in the US, is now embracing 3D printing–and a handful of…
World’s Fastest Robotic Roach is Created Using 3D Printed Parts by Team at UC Berkeley
Don’t blink or you’ll miss it – and if you feel your skin crawl at just the thought of the darting of insects, you might be happy that you did….
