soft robotics
Soiboi Soft: Making Soft Robotics & Microfluidics Genius Look Easy
Many YouTubers are talking heads with a keyed-up, almost manic, enthusiasm. In 3D printing, some give useful reviews. We’re also getting people who are showcasing very good 3D printing advice….
Scientists Create Stretchy 3D Printed Implants for High Blood Pressure Treatment
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) say they may have found a softer, less invasive way to treat severe high blood pressure. In a new study published in the…
Harvard’s Jennifer Lewis Lab Is 3D Printing Artificial Muscles That Twist and Bend on Demand
Researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new way to 3D print materials that can move on their own, bending, twisting,…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 2, 2026: Soft Robots, Agricultural Waste, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with a multi-laser metal powder bed fusion 3D printer and post-processing news. We’ll end with research into soft robotics and…
Harvard SEAS Engineers Develop 3D Printing Method for Soft Robotic Components with Programmable Shapes
The world of soft robotics is still largely in its pure research phase, but the R&D landscape has started to produce examples of early-stage commercialization. Researchers have started to refine…
Tiny Bioprinter Could One Day Repair Vocal Cords During Surgery
A team of engineers and surgeons at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, has created the world’s smallest 3D bioprinter, and it could change how doctors repair damaged vocal cords. At…
Soft Robotics is Finally Coming Together: Northwestern Researchers Make Strides Towards a Better Actuator
Soft robotics for a long time was a lot of nice videos, papers, and very little in the way of useful technology. It was kind of an engineering Esperanto: a…
Daring AM: 3D Printing Moves Closer to the Clinic
In July 2025, 3D printing in medicine took several bold steps forward, not just as a tool for prototyping or visualization, but as a way to build real, functional treatments…
This Elephant-Inspired Robot Walks on 3D Printed Muscles and Bones
A new elephant-inspired robot can do some of the most surprising tasks, from gently plucking a flower with its trunk to powerfully kicking a bowling ball. It’s all thanks to…
The Robot That Walked Off the Printer
In the Soft Systems Group at the University of Edinburgh, researchers 3D printed a tiny soft robot, then watched as it walked straight off the machine that made it. This…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Soft Robotics, Camera Accessories & Electronics 3D Printing
A new paper, ¨A Flexible, Architected Soft Robotic Actuator for Motorized Extensional Motion¨ out of Northwestern University showcases a soft cylindrical handed shearing auxetic (HSA) actuator which can become either…
Complete Soft Robotic Hand Represents Culmination of Inkbit Research
Relying on Inkbit’s vision-controlled jetting (VCJ) technology, researchers from ETH Zurich, along with the Inkbit team, have 3D printed soft and hard structures in single job to create a robotic…
Purdue University Combines Piezoelectric Poling & 3D Printing
Using electric poling one can make a material piezoelectric, meaning that it can convert mechanical energy into electric energy and then reverse this reaction using crystals. Research into this area as…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 15, 2023: Software, Carbon Fiber Bikes, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Velo3D has released the latest version of its Flow software, and Horizon is opening up more micro additive manufacturing applications with a coating that…
3D Printed Robotic Hand Mimics Human Movement
Scientists from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have developed a new type of artificial muscle using 3D printing that can better mimic the movements of a human hand and…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 4, 2022: Construction, Research, & More
We’re going to tell you about a 3D printed pavilion and a 3D printed set of stairs first in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Moving on, Triastek has received FDA…
Biodegradable Soft Robot Finger Provides Peek at Circular Economy with 3D Printing
Last week, while discussing a new printing filament partially made from wheat bran waste, I mentioned that greater exploration of biodegradable printing materials could be the best long-term solution for…
RAPID + TCT 2021 Day 2: 3D Printing with Inkbit, Farsoon, AON3D, & Raise3D
At the recent RAPID + TCT 2021 in Chicago, I had the opportunity to attend keynote presentations, interview several industry companies, watch an awards ceremony, and walk the show floor….
3D Printed Chain Mail Flexes and Stiffens on Demand
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers have created a polyamide chain mail which is flexible but can harden when needed. Made out of…
Soft, Sensitive Robotic Gripping Fingers Made with Multi-material 3D Printing
Soft grippers enable robots to manipulate delicate objects, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re safe to use around living organisms, such as elderly people, so researchers continue working to…
Origami Inspires 3D Printed Soft Robotics
Researchers from China have been inspired by origami structures and materials, leading them to the more complex development of robotics, as presented in the recently published “Origami spring-inspired metamaterials and…
New Silicone 3D Printing Opens up Applications for Robotics, Medicine, Wearables
The fabrication of soft devices is evolving further, with the completion of recent research performed by US scientists. With the results published in “3D printable tough silicone double networks,” the…
Rice University Researchers Develop a New 4D Printing Method to Create Shapeshifting Materials
Researchers at Rice University‘s Brown School of Engineering created a new method to 3D print objects that can be manipulated to take on alternate forms when exposed to changes in…
University of Leeds: 3D Printing Folding Robots Inspired by Origami
Akeel Abtan recently submitted a PhD thesis, ‘Design and Fabrication of Origami Elements for use in a Folding Robot Structure,’ to the University of Leeds (Institute of Design, Robotics and…
