Novel 3-D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuators
Soft robots that can sense touch, pressure, movement and temperature.
Feb 28th, 2018
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Soft robots that can sense touch, pressure, movement and temperature.
Feb 28th, 2018
Read moreResearchers are taking 3-D printing and 3-D modeling to a new level by using augmented reality (AR) to allow designers to design in physical space while a robotic arm rapidly prints the work.
Feb 19th, 2018
Read moreWith a new model, engineers can now easily determine the dimensions and printing speeds for which printed wall structures remain stable.
Feb 14th, 2018
Read moreUsing a new technique they call 'in-air microfluidics', scientists succeed in printing 3D structures with living cells.
Feb 1st, 2018
Read more3D printing becomes 4D as objects morph over time and temperatures change.
Jan 31st, 2018
Read moreThe goal of these X-ray studies is to find ways to improve manufacturing of specialized metal parts for the aerospace, aircraft, automotive and healthcare industries.
Jan 30th, 2018
Read moreSystem uses custom ink and UV light to repeatedly change an object's color.
Jan 29th, 2018
Read moreCombining two different polymer forms can switch manufacturing of silicone parts from molding, casting and spin coating of simple forms to 3-D printing of complex geometries with better mechanical characteristics and better biological adhesion.
Jan 22nd, 2018
Read moreA novel 3D printing method, called 'rotational 3D printing', yields unprecedented control of the arrangement of short fibers embedded in polymer matrices.
Jan 16th, 2018
Read moreA new 3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures, which could be used for tissue regeneration and replica organs.
Jan 10th, 2018
Read moreMuch as a frame provides structural support for a house and the chassis provides strength and shape for a car, a team of engineers believe they have a way to create the structural framework for growing living tissue using an off-the-shelf 3-D printer.
Dec 12th, 2017
Read moreA new technique by which to 3D print metals, involving a widely used stainless steel, has been show to achieve exception levels of both strength and ductility, when compared to counterparts from more conventional processes.
Dec 11th, 2017
Read moreBy using laser-generated, hologram-like 3D images flashed into photosensitive resin, researchers have discovered they can build complex 3D parts in a fraction of the time of traditional layer-by-layer printing.
Dec 8th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have 3D printed lifelike artificial organ models that mimic the exact anatomical structure, mechanical properties, and look and feel of real organs.
Dec 6th, 2017
Read moreResearchers 3D-print plastic objects and sensors that can collect useful data and communicate with other WiFi-connected devices entirely on their own.
Dec 5th, 2017
Read moreNew technique 3-D prints programmed cells into living devices for first time.
Dec 5th, 2017
Read moreAdditive manufacturing removes design limitations for concrete components.
Dec 5th, 2017
Read moreResearchers introduced a new 3D printing platform that works using living matter. The research-ers developed a bacteria-containing ink that makes it possible to print mini biochemical factories with certain properties, depending on which species of bacteria the scientists put in the ink.
Dec 1st, 2017
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