3D Printing

3DRobotics Opens Up IRIS+ Drone for 3D Printing

Coming off the heels of their Parrot drone contest, MyMiniFactory has now opened up a completely 3D printable drone for free download. The IRIS+, designed by 3DRobotics, can be downloaded for 3D printing at home so that, once users purchase the necessary electronics, they can assemble the drone and begin flying.

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While 3DR sells drones and accessories already, this is the company’s first open source, 3D printable drone.  With the #makethedroneyourown campaign, 3DR hopes to encourage innovation in the drone space as users embellish parts of the IRIS+ with 3D printing. To fulfill its principals of “guaranteed printable”, the MyMiniFactory team 3D printed the drone to determine the best settings.  The result saw them 3D printing the IRIS+ in PLA with 10% infill for about seven hours.

The MMF community has already begun work on 3D printing accessories for the IRIS+, including an extended landing gear, a mounting bracket for a 3-axis gimbel, and a FPV camera and transmitter mount. Because the drone is open source, I can only imagine what else they’ll be doing to make the IRIS+ even better.