robots
World’s Largest Brick Maker Uses Masonry Robot to Build Brick House
Wienerberger AG, the Austrian-based construction materials corporation, announced that the first house has been completed using the Hadrian X masonry robot, which was developed by the Australian robotics firm, Fastbrick…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: May 8th, 2022
We’ve got another busy week of webinars and events in the AM industry ahead of us, with topics covering 3D printed housing, robotics, the supply chain, multimaterial 3D printing, generative…
Ocado’s New Warehouse Robot Features 300 3D Printed Parts
Retail and robotics company Ocado has unveiled its latest warehouse robot, the 600 Series. Cheaper and lighter than its predecessor, the 500 Series, the newest bot features over 300 parts…
3D Printing Drone Swarms, Part 9: Standing Post
As we discuss in our ongoing 3D Printing Drone Swarms series, additive manufacturing (AM) will play an increasing role in the production of all manner of semi-sentient robots. This has…
RAPID + TCT 2021 Keynotes: 3D Printing in Aerospace, Medical, & More
At the start of SME’s 30th year of RAPID + TCT, widely known as North America’s largest, most important additive manufacturing event, AM consultant and writer Todd Grimm got things…
What is Metrology?
3D Metrology What is 3D metrology? Metrology is the science of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of units, crucial in linking and understanding human activities. When we apply metrology…
Joris Column: Printcrime, augmenting humans, nanoconvergence and Segway polo
Often only a few years separate the tinfoil hats from the millionaires to be. I was writing the piece on the Youbionic arm and thinking of how we will use…
3D Printed Robot Mimics Human Emotions
What do you think of when you hear the word “robot?” You probably don’t think of emotions. Human beings are described as robotic if they lack emotion. Robotic and human…
Mouser Presents Latest Empowering Innovation Together Video Series: Grant Imahara Visits KUKA Robotics
Several interesting project challenges, covering technological advances like outer space tools, autonomous cars, smart cities, and drones, have been put forth by celebrity engineer Grant Imahara, of Mythbusters and BattleBots fame, and…
Robotic Dentist Implants 3D Printed Teeth in Woman’s Mouth in Autonomous Surgery
We’ve all volunteered for things in our lives, whether it’s something we want to do or something we may not be super excited about. Many volunteers are needed in the medical…
Researchers Use 3D Printed End Plates and Paper Origami Mechanisms to Create Flexible, Inching Robots
A team of students and professors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been working on innovative research that illustrates how they used bio-inspired design and origami structures to…
Robot with 3D Printed Flippers Helps to Solve a Plesiosaur Puzzle
Over 200 million years ago, during the Triassic period, plesiosaurs first appeared in the ocean. The swimming, flippered reptiles lived for several million years, until the mass extinction that wiped…
Making, Learning, Collaborating, and 3D Printing in the Community: Dayton Mini Maker Faire
Back in March, when I visited Dayton, Ohio’s resident 3D printing bar, Proto BuildBar, I was told that its employees would be exhibiting at a local school’s STEMfest later that…
BADGER Project Develops a 3D Printing, Tunneling Underground Robot
As tunneling creatures go, badgers are some of the oddest-looking, but they’re also pretty cute, in their way. The European Union is a big fan of badgers, it seems, or…
3D Scanned Objects Help Robots to “See” the Way That Humans Do
Robots and humans don’t see things the same way. That’s not exactly a shocking statement, but some robots operate so efficiently and smoothly that it’s easy to forget that their…
Stanford University Creates Soft Robot That Grows Like a Vine
Stanford University is home to some of the most advanced research and respected scientists in the world, and what’s especially impressive about the work coming out of the university is…
AML Technologies Receives Grant from Australian Government to Commercialize Its Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing Process
I think we can all agree that 3D printing technology is pretty cool, and while it can certainly be used to make fun things like Stormtrooper statues and holiday models…
Researchers Develop Technique to 3D Print Flexible, Electronic Sensory Devices, Bringing Us One Step Closer to Printing on Human Skin
Researchers have been working hard to create 3D printed robotic prosthetic hands that look, and feel like, a real human hand; a team at the University of Wollongong developed a…
OhmniLabs Tells Us About the Development of the 3D Printed Ohmni Robot
Will robots replace human interaction? That’s a big, scary question that has been the subject of much science fiction and speculation about the future. Robot development company OhmniLabs isn’t interested…
The Possible: GE Announces Immersive Virtual Reality Documentary Miniseries
When it comes to cutting-edge and creative technology, you can be sure that GE will be right there with it; what else would you expect from a company whose motto is “Imagination…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Articulated Toy Robots
This week I was looking for a cool toy to 3D print for my nephew and settled on looking for a fun robot action figure. I knew that there were…
Virtual Reality Created by Robots Allows Jurors to Visit Crime Scenes Without Leaving the Courthouse
The jury is generally a pretty hard crowd to impress, and rightly so, as years, lives, and sums hang in the balance with what can sometimes result in severe judgment and…
10-Year-Old Roboticist Awarded Paris Innovation Fellowship
The older I get, the more resentful I feel each time I hear a story about some young person making good. I’ve long left behind the age by which Alexander…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Awesome Beginner 3D Printable Robotics Projects
Robotics has become one of the most common forms of advanced technology in the world, and just about everyone in the developed world uses them daily. Many of us probably…
