Researchers from Seoul National University (SNU) have developed novel 3D printed sensors that enable humans to remotely interact with deformable soft robotics systems. The multifunctional devices, w…
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AM-Flow raises $4m in Series A funding to develop end-to-end 3D printing automation software
Dutch 3D printing post-processing and automation company AM-Flow has announced that it has raised $4 million in Series A funding. The investment was led by BOM Brabant Ventures and supported by Mater…
UC San Diego researchers develop novel method of 3D printing soft robotic actuators
A team of researchers from UC San Diego has developed a new method of 3D printing liquid crystal elastomers (LCE), one that enables functionally graded properties simply by varying the printing parame…
Intel researchers develop $50 3D printed “Openbot” to advance the accessibility of robotics
Researchers from Intel Labs have developed an open-source 3D printed smart robot that it is possible to build for less than $50. Once combined with a modern smartphone, the additive bot is able to na…
Swedish researchers successful in 4D printing micron-scale soft robots
A team of researchers from Linköping University, Sweden, has developed a set of microactuators for soft micro robotics using a custom-built extrusion-based 3D printer. The actuators contain an electri…
Scientists investigate directly 3D printing tissues within the body using robotics
A group of researchers from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Ohio State University and Pennsylvania State University have developed a specially-formulated bio-ink designed for 3D biop…
University of California San Diego researchers use 3D printing to create “insect-like” soft robots
Researchers from the University of California San Diego have used 3D printing to produce soft and flexible, walking “insect-like” robots. The budget-minded additive manufacturing technique used to cr…
Chinese and Japanese university researchers 3D print soft robotic finger
A coalition of researchers from Zhejiang University of Technology, Tianjin University, Nanjing Institute of Technology, and Ritsumeikan University, have used 3D printing to create a soft robotic finge…
Soft and sweaty 3D printed robots cool themselves down
Researchers from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, have developed a 3D printed soft robotic muscle capable of controlling its internal temperature through perspiration. Using hydrogel-based compo…
Researchers develop guidelines for 3D printing miniature soft robots in high resolution
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Zhejiang University (ZJU) have collaborated on the development of process flow guides…